This is a test site. The production site with full data is available at GBIF.org
{{nav.loginGreeting}}
  • Get data
      • Occurrences
      • GBIF API
      • Species
      • Datasets
      • Occurrence snapshots
      • Hosted portals
      • Trends
  • How-to
    • Share data

      • Quick-start guide
      • Dataset classes
      • Data hosting
      • Standards
      • Become a publisher
      • Data quality
      • Data papers
    • Use data

      • Featured data use
      • Citation guidelines
      • GBIF citations
      • Citation widget
      • Guides and documentation
  • Tools
    • Publishing

      • IPT
      • Data validator
      • GeoPick
      • New data model
      • GRSciColl
      • Suggest a dataset
      • Metabarcoding data toolkit
    • Data access and use

      • Hosted portals
      • Scientific collections
      • Data processing
      • Derived datasets
      • rgbif
      • pygbif
      • SQL downloads
      • Tools catalogue
    • GBIF labs

      • Species matching
      • Name parser
      • Sequence ID
      • Relative observation trends
      • GBIF data blog
  • Community
    • Network

      • Participant network
      • Nodes
      • Publishers
      • Network contacts
      • Community forum
      • alliance for biodiversity knowledge
    • Volunteers

      • Mentors
      • Ambassadors
      • Translators
      • Citizen scientists
    • Activities

      • Capacity development
      • Programmes & projects
      • Training and learning resources
      • Data Use Club
      • Living Atlases
  • About
    • Inside GBIF

      • What is GBIF?
      • Become a member
      • Governance
      • Strategic framework
      • Work Programme
      • Funders
      • Partnerships
      • Release notes
      • Contacts
    • News & outreach

      • News
      • Subscribe
      • Events
      • Awards
      • Science Review
      • Data use
      • Thematic communities
  • User profile

Varanus acanthurus Boulenger, 1885

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Boulenger, G. A. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2, Second edition.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Squamata
family
Varanidae
genus
Varanus
species
Varanus acanthurus

Name

Synonyms
Odatria ocellata Gray
Worrellisaurus acanthurus (Boulenger, 1885)
Homonyms
Varanus acanthurus Boulenger, 1885
Common names
(Roter) Stachelschwanzwaran in German
(Roter) Stachelschwanzwaran in German
Ackie's dwarf monitor in English
Almindelig Tornhalevaran in Danish
Bruine stekelstaartvaraan in Dutch
Gewone stekelstaartvaraan in Dutch
Monitor enano de Ackie in Spanish
Ridge-tailed Monitor in English
Ridgetail Monitor in English
Ridgetail Monitor in English
Ridgetail Monitor in English
Ridgetail monitor in English
Spiny-tailed Monitor in English
Stachelschwanzwaran in German
Stekelstaartvaraan in Dutch
Suktauodegis varanas in Lithuanian
Taggsvansvaran in Swedish
Tornhalet dvergvaran in Norwegian Bokmål
Varan à queue épineuse in French
Varano dalla coda spinosa in Italian
Varano dalla coda spinosa bruno in Italian
Varano dalla coda spinosa comune in Italian
Varano de Cola Espinosa in Spanish
Varanus acanthurus in French
Waran kolczastoogonowy in Polish
Yellow Ackie Monitor in English
dvergvaran in Norwegian Bokmål
tüskésfarkú varánusz in Hungarian
varan ostnoocasý in Czech
Варан кільцехвостий in Ukrainian
Кольцехвостый варан in Russian
ورل شائك الذيل in Arabic
ตะกวดหางหนาม in Thai
トゲオオオトカゲ in Japanese
刺尾巨蜥 in Chinese
Ridgetail Monitor in English
dvergvaran in Norwegian Bokmål
What is GBIF? API FAQ Newsletter Privacy Terms and agreements How to cite? Code of Conduct Acknowledgements
Contact GBIF Secretariat Universitetsparken 15 DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø Denmark
GBIF is a Global Core Biodata Resource