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Varanus beccarii (DORIA, 1874)

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Higher TaxaVaranidae, Platynota, Varanoidea, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Black Tree Monitor
G: Schwarzer Baumwaran, Schwarzer Smaragdwaran 
SynonymMonitor beccarii DORIA 1874: 331
Monitor kordensis beccarii — DE ROOIJ 1915
Varanus prasinus beccarii MERTENS 1941: 272
Varanus beccarii — SPRACKLAND 1991
Varanus prasinus beccarii — GOOD et al. 1993
Varanus prasinus beccarii — BÖHME 2002
Varanus beccarii — JACOBS 2003
Varanus (Euprepiosaurus) beccarii — ZIEGLER et al. 2007
Varanus (Euprepiosaurus) beccarii — KOCH et al. 2013
Varanus (Hapturosaurus) beccarii — BUCKLITSCH et al. 2016: 50 
DistributionAru Islands (Indonesia)

Type locality: Wokam, Aru Islands [“Wokan” fide GOOD et al. 1993].  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: MSNG 28723. Designation by Wells & Wellington (1985). 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (406 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentHabitat: arboreal, prehensile-tailed monitor. 
EtymologyNamed after its collector, O. Beccari. 
References
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  • Ávalos, J. de & Martínez Carrión, P. 1997. Warane. Reptilia (Münster) 2 (5): 16-21 - get paper here
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here
  • Böhme, W. & Koch, A. 2010. On the type selection and re-typification of two monitor lizard taxa (Squamata: Varanidae): Monitor bivittatus celebensis Schlegel, 1844 and Monitor kordensis Meyer, 1874; with some comments and corrections on other name-bearing type specimens. Zootaxa 2440: 60–68 - get paper here
  • Böhme,W. 2003. Checklist of the living monitor lizards of the world (family Varanidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen 341: 6-43 - get paper here
  • Bosch, Hubert 1996. Schwarze Smaragdwarane: Varanus beccarii im Löbbecke Museum und Aquazoo Düsseldorf. TI Magazin (131): 64-65
  • DAWSON, JEFFREY E. 2018. Successful Hatching of a Patched Varanus beccarii (Doria, 1874) Egg at the Saint Louis Zoo. Biawak 12 (2): - get paper here
  • de Rooij, N. de 1915. The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden (E. J. Brill), xiv + 384 pp. - get paper here
  • Doria, G. 1875. Enumerazione dei rettili raccolti dal Dott. O. Beccari in Amboina alle Isole Aru ed alle Isole Kei durante gli anni 1872-73. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova 6: 325-357 [1874] - get paper here
  • Eidenmüller, B. & R. Wicker 1992. Varanus (Odatria) prasinus beccarii (DORIA, 1874), Pflege und Zucht. Salamandra 28 (3-4): 171-178 - get paper here
  • Eidenmüller, B. & Wicker, R. 2005. Eine weitere neue Waranart aus dem Varanus prasinus-Komplex von der Insel Misol, Indonesien. Sauria 27 (1): 3-8 - get paper here
  • FRÝDLOVÁ, PETRA and DANIEL FRYNTA 2010. A test of Rensch’s rule in varanid lizards. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 100: 293–306 - get paper here
  • Good, David A.; Bauer, Aaron M.;Günther, Rainer 1993. An Annotated Type Catalogue of the Anguimorph Lizards (Squamata: Anguidae, Helodermatidae, Varanidae, Xenosauridae) in the Zoological Museum, Berlin. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berl. 69 (1): 45-56 - get paper here
  • Hartdegen, RustonW.; David Chiszar & James B. Murphy 1999. Observations on the feeding behavior of captive black tree monitors, Varanus beccari. Amphibia-Reptilia 20 (3): 330-332 - get paper here
  • Iannucci, Alessio; Marie Altmanová, Claudio Ciofi, Malcolm Ferguson-Smith, Massimo Milan, Jorge Claudio Pereira, James Pether, Ivan Rehák, Michail Rovatsos, Roscoe Stanyon, Petr Velenský, Petr Ráb, Lukáš Kratochvíl & Martina Johnson Pokorná 2019. Conserved sex chromosomes and karyotype evolution in monitor lizards (Varanidae). Heredity 123, 215–227 - get paper here
  • Jacobs, H.J. 2003. A further new emerald tree monitor lizard of the Varanus prasinus species group from Waigeo, West Irian (Squamata: Sauria: Varanidae). Salamandra 39 (2): 65-74 - get paper here
  • Jacobs, H.J. 2008. Zucht von Varanus reisingeri EIDENMÜLLER & WICKER, 2005 mit Vergleich der jugendkleider der V. prasinus-Gruppe und Bemerkungen zu deren Taxonomie. Sauria 30 (1): 5-12 - get paper here
  • Koch A, Ziegler T, Böhme W, Arida E, Auliya M. 2013. Pressing Problems: Distribution, Threats, and Conservation Status of the Monitor Lizards (Varanidae: Varanus spp.) of Southeast Asia and the Indo-Australian Archipelago. Herp. Cons. Biol. 8 (Monograph 3): 1 − 62. - get paper here
  • Koch, Andre; Ernst, Nicole; Eidenmuller, Bernd; Kraus, Fred 2014. New data on the rare Varanus bogerti Mertens, 1950 and V. telenesetes Sprackland, 1991 (Squamata: Varanidae), two endemic monitor lizard taxa from island groups off southeastern New Guinea. The Herpetological Journal 24 (2): 111-122 - get paper here
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  • Mertens, R. 1941. Zwei neue Warane des australischen Fauenengebietes. Senckenbergiana 23: 266-272
  • Sprackland, R. G. 1991. Taxonomic review of the Varanus prasinus group with descriptions of two new species. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 30 (3): 561-576. - get paper here
  • 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 - get paper here
 
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