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    Species Accepted

    Varanus indicus (Daudin, 1802)

    Ceram Mangrove Monitor
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Varanus
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 6 countries or islands

      6 results
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      GuineaNo
      Marshall IslandsYes
      Marshall IslandsNo
      Marshall IslandsYes
      MexicoYes
      Solomon IslandsNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      29 results
      Biawak Pasifik Indonesian
      Ceram Mangrove Monitor English
      Indian Monitor English
      Indian monitor lizard English
      Indinis varanas Lithuanian
      Mampam Akan
      Mangrove Goanna English
      Mangrove Monitor English
      Monitor Lizzard English
      Pacifische varaan Dutch

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      85 results
      Mertens, R. (1971). Über eine Waransammlung aus dem östlichen Neuguinea. Senckenbergiana Biologica 52 (1-2): 1-5.
      Kok, R. (1995). Zur Haltung und Nachzucht des Pazifikwarans (Varanus indicus). Salamandra 31 (3): 129-136.
      Ziegler, T., & Wolfgang Böhme, A. S. (2007). A new species of the Varanus indicus group (Squamata, Varanidae) from Halmahera Island, Moluccas: morphological and molecular evidence. Mitteilungen Aus Dem Museum Für Naturkunde in Berlin 83 (S1): 109-119.
      https://eol.org/pages/46559498
      Weijola, Valter, & Fred Kraus. (2023). Two new species of monitor lizards (Squamata: Varanus) endemic to the Louisiade and Tanimbar Archipelagos with a key to the subgenus Euprepiosaurus. Journal of Natural History 57 (13–16): 947–975.
      Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
      Lesson, R. P. (1829). Description de quelques reptiles nouveaux ou peu connus. In: M.L.I. Duperrey, Voyage Autour du Monde Execute par Ordre du Roi, sur la Corvette de La Majeste, La Coquille, Pendant les Annees 1822, 1823, 1824 et 1825. 2. Zoologie Tome 2, Partie 1. Arthur Bertrand, Paris: 1-65 [Published 1829 Fide Lescure 2015 but Often Cited as 1830].
      Buden, Donald W. & Danko Taboroši. (2016). Reptiles of the Federated States of Micronesia. Island Research and Education Initiative, 311 Pp.
      Weijola, Valter; Varpu Vahtera, Christer Lindqvist, Fred Kraus. (2019). A molecular phylogeny for the Pacific monitor lizards (Varanus subgenus Euprepiosaurus) reveals a recent and rapid radiation with high levels of cryptic diversity. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 186 (4): 1053–1066.
      https://www.inaturalist.org/taxon_names/2722364/edit

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