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    Species Accepted

    Varanus salvadorii (Peters & Doria, 1878)

    Crocodile Monitor
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Varanus
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      22 results
      Baumkrokodil German
      Crocodile Monitor English
      New Guinea Monitor English
      Papoeaanse varaan Dutch
      Papoease varaan Dutch
      Papua Monitor English
      Papuawaran German
      Salvadori's Monitor English
      Salvadoris Monitor English
      Salvadori’s Monitor English

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      25 results
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      Lisle, & de, H. F. (1996). Natural History of Monitor Lizards. Krieger, Malabar (Florida).
      Pianka, Eric R. (2012). Can humans share spaceship earth? Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 6 (1): 1-24.
      McCurry MR, Mahony M, Clausen PD, Quayle MR, Walmsley CW, Jessop TS, et al. (2015). The Relationship between Cranial Structure, Biomechanical Performance and Ecological Diversity in Varanoid Lizards. PLoS One 10 (6): E0130625. Doi:10.1371/Journal.Pone.0130625.
      Böhme, W. (2003). Checklist of the living monitor lizards of the world (family Varanidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen 341: 6-43.
      FRÝDLOVÁ, & PETRA and DANIEL FRYNTA. (2010). A test of Rensch’s rule in varanid lizards. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 100: 293–306.
      Schmicking & Horn, H.-G. (1997). Beobachtungen bei der Pflege und Nachzucht des Papuawarans, Varanus salvadorii (Peters & Doria, 1878). Herpetofauna 19 (106): 14-23.
      de Rooij, & de, N. (1915). The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden (E. J. Brill), Xiv + 384 Pp.
      REH, BORJA & JIM THOMAS. (2022). Range extension and new ecoregion records of the Crocodile Monitor Varanus salvadorii (Peters & Doria, 1878) (Reptilia: Varanidae) in Papua New Guinea. Journal of Threatened Taxa 14(7): 21402–21408.
      Mertens, R. (1950). Notes on some Indo-Australian monitors (Sauria, Varanidae). American Museum Novitates 1456: 1-7.

      Citation

      Varanus salvadorii (Peters & Doria, 1878) in undefined