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Canopy goanna

canopy goanna (Varanus keithhornei)
Iron Range, Queensland
Photo © Mark Sanders
Varanus keithhornei - (Wells & Wellington, 1985)
Pronunciation  vah-RAH-nuss   KEETH-horn-ee
Etymology  Varanus: a Latinisation of the Arabic word, Waran, for lizards of the Arabian Peninsula. These lizards were said to warn of the presence of crocodiles, and became known in English as monitors.1 In Australia, they are typically called goannas.
keithhornei: after Mr Keith Horne, a Sydney herpetologist.
Other names  Odatria keithhornei
Varanus teriae
 
 
Total length
Species avg: 77 cm
Reproduction
Oviparous
Clutch size
Description Distribution Natural history Conservation Further information More photos

References

  1. Ehmann, Harald (1992). Encyclopedia of Australian animals: Reptiles. Angus and Robertson. 495 pp - search web for this book
  2. Wells, Richard W. & Wellington, Ross C. (1985). A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplementary Series, 1:1-61. - search web for this article
  3. Czechura, G.V. (1980). The emerald monitor, Varanus prasinus (Schlegel): an addition to the Australian mainland herpetofauna. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 20:103-109. - search web for this article
  4. Fitch, AJ; Goodman, AE; & Donnellan, Stephen Charles (2006). A molecular phylogeny of the Australian monitor lizards (Squamata: Varanidae) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Australian journal of zoology, 54(4):253-269. - search web for this article
  5. Ziegler, Thomas; Schmitz, Andreas; Koch, Andre; & Boehme, Wolfgang (2007). A review of the subgenus Euprepiosaurus of Varanus (Squamata: Varanidae): morphological and molecular phylogeny, distribution and zoogeography, with an identification key for the members of the V. indicus and the V. prasinus species group. Zootaxa, 1472:1-28. - search web for this article
  6. Pyron, Robert Alexander; Burbrink, Frank T; & Wiens, John J (2013). A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. BMC evolutionary biology, 13(1):93. - search web for this article
  7. Department of Environment & Resource Management (2009). Nature Conservation (Wildlife) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2009.
 

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