Varanus glebopalma MITCHELL, 1955
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Higher Taxa | Varanidae, Platynota, Varanoidea, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | E: Black-palmed Rock Monitor, Long-Tailed Rock Monitor |
Synonym | Varanus glebopalma MITCHELL 1955 Varanus glebopalma — STORR 1980: 260 Varanus glebopalma — COGGER 1983 Varanus glebopalma — DE LISLE 1996: 126 Varanus glebopalma — COGGER 2000: 365 Varanus glebopalma — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Varanus (Odatria) glebopalma — HÖRENBERG & KOCH 2013 Varanus (Odatria) glebopalma — BUCKLITSCH et al. 2016: 50 |
Distribution | Australia (N Northern Territory, NW Queensland, NE Western Australia) Type locality: S end of Lake Hubert, N. T. |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: SAMA R3222 (formerly USNM 128385), male, S end of Lake Hubert, NT, collected Australian-American Arnhem Land Expedition, iv-xi.1948. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: A moderately large, dark, rock monitor (up to 102 cm long) with tail not strongly compressed; subdigital, palmar and plantar tubercles large and black; upper surfaces usually dark with little pattern. Distinguishable from V. glauerti by having distal two-fifths of tail unbanded whitish (rather than most of tail boldly banded with black and white). (Storr 1980) |
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Etymology | the name refers to the black pads on the surface of the feet. |
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