Storr's monitor

Storr's monitor

Varanus storri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Varanidae
Genus:	Varanus
Species:	V. storri
Binomial name
*Varanus storri* Mertens, 1966

Storr's monitor (Varanus storri ) is a species of monitor lizard in the family Varanidae. The species is endemic to Australia.

Etymology

The specific name, storri, is in honor of Australian herpetologist Glen Milton Storr.^[1]

Subspecies

Varanus storri ocreatus Storr, 1980
Varanus storri storri Mertens, 1966

References

↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Varanus storri, p. 256).

External links

Species Varanus storri at The Reptile Database

Further reading

Mertens R (1966). "Ein neuer Zwergwaran aus Australien ". Senckenbergiana biologica 47: 437-441. (Varanus storri, new species). (in German).

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