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Higher TaxaVaranidae, Platynota, Varanoidea, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Blue Tree Monitor
G: Blaugefleckter Baumwaran 
SynonymVaranus macraei BÖHME & JACOBS 2001
Varanus (Euprepiosaurus) macraei — ZIEGLER et al. 2007
Varanus macraei — LIVIGNI 2013: 279
Varanus (Hapturosaurus) macraei — BUCKLITSCH et al. 2016: 50 
DistributionIndonesia (Batanta Island)

Type locality: Insel Batanta, West Irian, Indonesien.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZFMK 74558, semiadult female; paratype: SMF 900770 (formerly ZFMK 84214) 
Diagnosis 
CommentHas been imported into some countries as members of V. doreanus. 
EtymologyNamed after Duncan MacRae, founder of the reptile park “Rimba” on Bali. 
References
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  • BENNETT, DANIEL 2015. International Trade in the Blue Tree Monitor Varanus macraei. Biawak 9 (2): 50 - get paper here
  • Böhme, W. & Jacobs, H.J. 2001. Varanus macraei sp. n., eine neue Waranart der V. prasinus-Gruppe aus West Irian, Indonesien. Herpetofauna 23 (133): 5-10 - get paper here
  • Böhme, Wolfgang 2014. Herpetology in Bonn. Mertensiella 21. vi + 256 pp. - 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
  • BUCKLITSCH, YANNICK; WOLFGANG BÖHME, ANDRÉ KOCH 2016. Scale Morphology and Micro-Structure of Monitor Lizards (Squamata: Varanidae: Varanus spp.) and their Allies: Implications for Systematics, Ecology, and Conservation. . Zootaxa 4153 (1): 001–192 - get paper here
  • Canto, R. del 2013. Field Observations on Varanus macraei. Biawak 7 (1): 18 - get paper here
  • Dedlmar, A. 2007. Haltung, Pflege und Nachzucht von Varanus macraei. Reptilia (Münster) 12 (63): 39-41 - get paper here
  • Dedlmar, A. 2007. Keeping and breeding the Blue Tree Monitor Varanus macraei. Reptilia (GB) (50): 25-27 - get paper here
  • Dedlmar, A. 2008. Eine kleine Sensation. Reptilia (Münster) 13 (69): 8 - 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
  • GOLDBERG, STEPHEN R.; CHARLES R. BURSEY & STEPHEN P. MACKESSY. 2022. VARANUS MACRAEI (Blue Tree Monitor). ENDOPARASITES. Herpetological Review 53 (2): 332–333.
  • Hörenberg, Thomas & André Koch 2013. Die Zwergwarane der Untergattung Odatria Gray, 1838. Draco 13 (53): 6-19 - 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. 2002. Erstnachzucht von Varanus macraei. Herpetofauna 24 (141): 29-33 - 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
  • 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, A. 2016. Der Blaue Baumwaran (Varanus macraei) von Batanta: wunderschön und stark bedroht. Reptilia 21 (122): 38-41 - get paper here
  • Koch, André 2018. 15 Jahre Forschung an indo-australischen Waranen. Terraria-Elaphe 2018 (5): 54-57 - get paper here
  • Koch, Z.; Philipp, K. & Ziegler, T. 2010. The Monitor Man: A Story of Stunning Discoveries and Charismatic Creatures. Biawak 4 (4): 132-152 - get paper here
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  • Rauhaus, Anna; Lorraine Gutjahr, Johannes Oberreuter & Thomas Ziegler 2014. 7 Jahre Haltung und Nachzucht des Blaugefleckten Baumwarans (Varanus macraei) im Kölner Zoo: Ein Rück- und Ausblick. Terraria-Elaphe 2014 (6): 32-37 - get paper here
  • Reisinger, Manfred 2014. Der blaue Waran. Die unglaubliche Entdeckungsgeschichte von Varanus macraei. Terraria-Elaphe 2014 (6): 22-31 - get paper here
  • Schneider, A. 2016. Der Blaue Baumwaran, Varanus macraei – ein prächtiger Botschafter der indopazifischen Inselwelt. Reptilia 21 (122): 16-20 - get paper here
  • Schneider, A. 2016. Die Nachzucht des Blauen Baumwarans, Varanus (Hapturosaurus) macraei. Reptilia 21 (122): 34-37 - get paper here
  • Schneider, A. 2016. Der Blaue Baumwaran im Terrarium. Reptilia 21 (122): 22-33 - get paper here
  • Sprackland, Robert George. 2010. True blue: Care for the rare and challenging blue-spotted monitor. Reptiles Magazine 18 (7):32-41 - get paper here
  • Werning, H. & N. Lutzmann 2014. Illegalen Wildtierhandel kann man nicht mehr verbieten. Reptilia (Münster) 19 (106): 14-22
  • Ziegler, T. 2012. Erforschung und Erhalt der Artenvielfalt: Neue Wege des Kölner Zoos in Südostasien. Zeitschrift des Kölner Zoos 55 (3): 111-
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  • Ziegler, T.; Strauch, M.; Pes, T.; Konas, J.; Jirasek, T.; Rütz, N.; Oberreuter, J. & Holst, S. 2009. First captive Breeding of the Blue Tree Monitor Varanus macraei Böhme and Jacobs, 2001 at the Plzen and Cologne Zoos. Biawak 3 (4): 122-133 - get paper here
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