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Varanus brevicauda BOULENGER, 1898

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Higher TaxaVaranidae, Platynota, Varanoidea, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Short-tailed Pygmy Monitor
G: Kurzschwanzwaran 
SynonymVaranus brevicauda BOULENGER 1898: 916
Varanus brevicauda — STORR 1980
Varanus brevicauda — COGGER 1983
Worrellisaurus brevicauda — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 22
Varanus brevicauda — COGGER 2000: 361
Varanus brevicauda — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Varanus (Odatria) brevicauda — HÖRENBERG & KOCH 2013
Varanus brevicaudus — COGGER 2014: 765
Varanus (Odatria) brevicauda — BUCKLITSCH et al. 2016: 50 
DistributionAustralia (Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia)

Type locality: Sherlock River, Nickol (as Nicol) Bay, W. A.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: BMNH 1946.8.30.46 (formerly 98.10.26.6), Sherlock River, Nicol Bay, WA, collected E. Clement. Designated by Wells & Wellington (1985). 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1391 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Latin “brevis, -e” = short and “cauda, -ae” = tail. “brevicauda” (short tail) is a noun in apposition, not an adjective, hence its gender is NOT that that of the masculine genus. An adjective would require the name to be “brevicaudatus” (W. Böhme and A. Koch, pers. comm. 13 Aug 2018). 
References
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  • Böhme,W. 2003. Checklist of the living monitor lizards of the world (family Varanidae). Zoologische Verhandelingen 341: 6-43 - get paper here
  • Boulenger, G.A. 1898. Third report on additions to the lizard collection in the Natural History Museum. Proc. Zool. Soc. London 1898: 912-923. - get paper here
  • Branch, W. R. 1982. Hemipeneal Morphology of Platynotan Lizards. Journal of Herpetology 16 (1): 16-38 - get paper here
  • Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here
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  • Doughty, Paul; Luke Kealley, Alison Fitch and Stephen C. Donnellan 2014. A new diminutive species of Varanus from the Dampier Peninsula, western Kimberley region, Western Australia. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 29: 128–140 - 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
  • Hörenberg, Thomas & André Koch 2013. Die Zwergwarane der Untergattung Odatria Gray, 1838. Draco 13 (53): 6-19 - get paper here
  • Maryan, B., Gaikhorst, G., & Parkhurst, B. 2024. The terrestrial herpetofauna of the Zuytdorp coast and hinterland of Western Australia: Exceptional richness in a global biodiversity hotspot. Western Australian Naturalist, 33, 3
  • Mertens, R. 1942. Die Familie der Warane (Varanidae), 3. Teil: Taxonomie. Abh. Senckenb. naturf. Ges., 466: 235-391
  • Mertens, R. 1958. Bemerkungen über die Warane Australiens. Senckenbergiana biologica 39: 229-264
  • Pianka, E. R. 1969. Habitat specificity, speciation, and species density in Australian desert lizards. Ecology 50 (3): 498-502 - get paper here
  • Pianka, E. R. 1970. Notes on Varanus brevicauda. Western Australian Naturalist 11: 113-116 - get paper here
  • Pianka, E. R. and D. R. King, eds. 2004. Varanoid Lizards of the World. Indiana University Press, 599 pp - get paper here
  • Pianka, E.R. 2003. Australian Desert Varanids. Reptilia (GB) (30): 20-26 - get paper here
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  • Storr G M 1980. The monitor lizards (genus Varanus Merrem, 1820) of Western Australia. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 8 (2): 237-293 - get paper here
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