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    Species Accepted

    Varanus bitatawa Welton, Siler, Bennett, Diesmos, Duya, Dugay, Rico, Van Weerd & Brown, 2010

    Golden-spotted Monitor
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Varanus
    IUCNNear Threatened

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      12 results
      Bitatawa Spanish
      Golden-spotted Monitor English
      Goudvlekvaraan Dutch
      Northern Sierra Madre Forest Monitor English
      Sierra Madre forest monitor English
      Varan bitatawa French
      Varano de la Sierra Madre del Norte Spanish
      Varano della Sierra Madre settentrionale Italian
      Varano di Bitatawa Italian
      ورل ذهبي النقط Arabic

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      14 results
      Welton, Luke J.; Cameron D. Siler, Daniel Bennett, Arvin Diesmos, M. Roy Duya, Roldan Dugay, Edmund Leo B. Rico, Merlijn Van Weerd, and Rafe M. Brown. (2010). A spectacular new Philippine monitor lizard reveals a hidden biogeographic boundary and a novel flagship species for conservation. Biology Letters Doi:10.1098/Rsbl.2010.0119.
      Law, Stephanie J.; Selvino R. de Kort, Daniel Bennett, and Merlijn van Weerd. (2016). Morphology, Activity Area, and Movement Patterns of the Frugivorous Monitor Lizard Varanus bitatawa. Herp. Cons. Biol. 11 (3):
      Sy, E. Y. (2012). First Record of Varanus bitatawa in the Philippine Pet Trade. Biawak 6 (2): 73.
      Zimin, A., Zimin, S. V., Shine, R., Avila, L., Bauer, A., Böhm, M., Brown, R., Barki, G., de Oliveira Caetano, G. H., Castro Herrera, F., Chapple, D. G., Chirio, L., Colli, G. R., Doan, T. M., Glaw, F., Grismer, L. L., Itescu, Y., Kraus, F., LeBreton, M.; [...] Uetz, P.; Wagner, P.; Roll, U. & Meiri, S. (2022). A global analysis of viviparity in squamates highlights its prevalence in cold climates. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 00, 1–16.
      Brown, R.M.; C.H. Oliveros; C.D. Siler; J.B. Fernandez; L.J. Welton; P.A.C. Buenavente; M.L.L. Diesmos; A.C. Diesmos. (2012). Amphibians and Reptiles of Luzon Island (Philippines), VII: Herpetofauna of Ilocos Norte Province, Northern Cordillera Mountain Range. Check List 8(3):469-490.
      Siler, C.D.; L.J. Welton; J.M. Siler; J. Brown; A. Bucol; A.C. Diesmos; R. Brown. (2011). Amphibians and Reptiles, Luzon Island, Aurora Province and Aurora Memorial National Park, Northern Philippines: New island distribution records. Check List 7 (2):182-195.
      Abaño-Sarigumba, T; Brown, R M; Welton, L J & Ibañez, J C. (2018). Records of the Northern Sierra Madre Forest Monitor Varanus bitatawa from the Northern Cordillera Mountain Range of Luzon Island, Philippines. Herpetological Review 49 (2): 208-209.
      Koch, André; Mark Auliya & Thomas Ziegler. (2010). Updated checklist of the living monitor lizards of the world (Squamata: Varanidae). Bonn Zool. Bull. 57 (2): 127–136.
      Duellman, W. E. (2015). Herpetology at Kansas - a centennial history. SSAR, 346 Pp.
      GOJO-CRUZ, Paul Henric P.; Leticia E. AFUANG, Juan Carlos T. GONZALEZ and William SM. GRUEZO. (2018). Amphibians and Reptiles of Luzon Island, Philippines: the Herpetofauna of Pantabangan-Carranglan Watershed, Nueva Ecija Province, Caraballo Mountain Range. Asian Herpetological Research 9(4): 201–223.

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