Ceram Mangrove monitor
The ceram mangrove monitor, Varanus cerambonensis, is a species of monitor lizard found in Indonesia. Specifically, it is found on some of the Central Moluccan islands including: Ambon, Seram, Obi, Buru, and Banda. On Ambon and probably on New Guinea Varanus cerambonensis occurs sympatrically with Varanus indicus.[3] It is in the indicus species group of the subgenus Euprepiosaurus.[4]
Description
The ceram mangrove monitor, has a total length is up to 95 cm, making it smaller than most monitor lizards.[5] Its nostril is situated nearer to tip of snout than to its eye. The tail of the Ceram Mangrove monitor is compressed with a double keel on top.[6]
References
- ^ EOL.org
- ^ JCVI.org (Viewed April 7, 2010).
- ^ Monitor-lizards.net (Viewed April 7, 2010)
- ^ Reptile-database.reptarium.cz
- ^ Monitor-lizards.net
- ^ Monitor-lizards.net
Further reading
- Varanidae.org
- Ast, Jennifer C. (2001). Mitochondrial DNA Evidence and Evolution in Varanoidea (Squamata). Cladistics 17 (3): 211-226 [erratum in 18 (1):125]
- Philipp, K. M., W. Böhme & T. Ziegler (1999). The identity of Varanus indicus: Redefinition and description of a sibling species coexisting at the type locality (Sauria: Varanidae: Varanus indicus group). Spixiana 22 (3): 273-287
- Philipp,K.M.; Ziegler, T. & Böhme, W. (2007). Preliminary Investigations of the Natural Diet of Six Monitor Lizard Species of the Varanus (Euprepiosaurus) indicus Group. Mertensiella 16: 336-345
- Koch A, Arida E, Schmitz A, Böhme W, Ziegler T. (2009). Refining the polytypic species concept of mangrove monitors (Squamata: Varanus indicus group): a new cryptic species from the Talaud Islands, Indonesia, reveals the underestimated diversity of Indo-Australian monitor lizards. Australian Journal of Zoology 57(1): 29-40
- Ziegler, Thomas; Wolfgang Böhme, Andreas Schmitz (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
- Ziegler, T., Schmitz, A., Koch, A. & W. Böhme (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 groups. Zootaxa 1472: 1-28
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Monitor lizards · Cretaceous lizards · Helodermas · Mosasaurs
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