| Higher Taxa | Varanidae, Platynota, Varanoidea, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Line-tailed Pygmy Monitor
G: Streifenschwanzwaran |
| Synonym | Varanus caudolineatus BOULENGER 1885: 324
Varanus laudolineatus — LUCAS & FROST 1901 (in error)
Varanus caudolineatus — STORR 1980: 247
Varanus caudolineatus — COGGER 1983
Worrellisaurus caudolineatus — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 22
Varanus caudolineatus — COGGER 2000: 361
Varanus caudolineatus — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Varanus (Odatria) caudolineatus — HÖRENBERG & KOCH 2013
Varanus (Odatria) caudolineatus — BUCKLITSCH et al. 2016: 50 |
| Distribution | Australia (Western Australia)
Type locality: Champion Bay, W. A.
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| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: BMNH 64.7.22.3
Other specimens: BMNH 64.7.22.3: 1 ad. (Typus) Champion Bay, WA. WAMP 7279: 1 Cadoux, WA. — WAMP 3903: 1 Lake Nabberu, WA. WAMP 3415-6, 3423: 3 Laverton, WA. — WAMP 5048: 1 Marrila Station bei Carnarvon, WA. — WAMP 7378-9: 2 Meekatharra, North Pilborn, WA. — WAMP 10611: 1 Minilya Station, WA. — WAMP 12218: 1 Mundi Windi, WA. — WAMP 330-1, 4933-4, 10812: 5 Nannine, bei Meekatharra, WA. — WAMP 4288: 1 Tambrey Station, WA. — WAMP 12159: 1 Tardun, WA. — WAMP 3878: 1 Wuranga, WA. — WAMP 1191, 4732-3, 8768: 5 Yalgoo, östlich von Geraldton, WA. SMF 53255: 1 Nannine Co., WA.7.II. 1957. SMF 53256: 1 Cadoux, WA. — WAMP (7279) d. 1957. — SMF 53257: 1 Tardun, WA. — WAMP (12159) d. 1957. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A smal arboreal monitor (up ot 32 cm long) with tail circular in section and longitudinally striped. Very similar to V. gilleni but head and back spotted rather than streaked and cross-banded. Distinguishable from V. eremius by smooth (rather than keeled) head scales. (Storr 1980: 247)
Additional details (1922 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | Apparently named after Latin cauda = tail, and linea = line, after the lines only visible on the tail in this species. |
| References |
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