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Varanus indicus  (Daudin, 1802)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 174116

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Tupinambis indicus Daudin, 1802
  
    Varanus guttatus Merrem, 1820
  
    Monitor kalabeck Lesson, 1830
  
    Monitor chlorostigma Gray, 1831
  
    Monitor indicus (Daudin, 1802)
  
    Varanus indicus rouxi Mertens, 1926
  
    Monitor exanthematicus indicus (Daudin, 1802)
  
  Common Name(s): Indian Monitor Lizard [English]
  
    Indian Monitor [English]
  
    Mangrove Monitor [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbènes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderAutarchoglossa   
                               FamilyVaranidae  – Monitors, Monitor Lizards  
                                  GenusVaranus Merrem, 1820 – Monitor Lizards  
                                     SpeciesVaranus indicus (Daudin, 1802) – Indian Monitor Lizard, Indian Monitor, Mangrove Monitor  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Roy W. McDiarmid  
  Notes: U.S. Geological Survey, Biological Resources Division, Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   
  Reference for: Varanus indicus    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Varanus indicus   
       
  Source: Reptile Database (May 2023), website (version May-2023)  
  Acquired: 2023   
  Notes: Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R. & Hosek, J. (eds.) (2023) The Reptile Database, http://www.reptile-database.org, accessed, accessed 9 May 2023   
  Reference for: Varanus indicus, Mangrove Monitor [English]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner  
  Publication Date: 1987   
  Article/Chapter Title: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Resource Publication, no. 166   
  Page(s): 79   
  Publisher: United States Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service   
  Publication Place: Washington, D.C., USA   
  ISBN/ISSN:    
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Varanus indicus   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Australia  
    Southern Asia  
    Oceania  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin: Central Pacific Territories, Native & Introduced  
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Banks et al. (2004) note: Within the Central Pacific Territories Varanus indicus is native to the Palau Islands, but introduced to the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam Caroline Islands, and Marshall Islands  
 

 

    

 
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