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Varanus jobiensis AHL, 1932

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Higher TaxaVaranidae, Platynota, Varanoidea, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Peach-throated Monitor
G: Sepikwaran 
SynonymVaranus indicus jobiensis AHL 1932: 892
Varanus karlschmidti MERTENS 1951: 467
Varanus karlschmidti — MERTENS 1971
Varanus karlschmidti — HORN 1977
Varanus jobiensis — BÖHME 1991: 46
Varanus jobiensis — DE LISLE 1996: 129
Varanus jobiensis — AST 2001
Varanus jobiensis — PIANKA & VITT 2003: 245
Varanus (Euprepiosaurus) jobiensis — ZIEGLER et al. 2007
Varanus (Euprepiosaurus) jobiensis — KOCH et al. 2013
Varanus (Euprepiosaurus) jobiensis — BUCKLITSCH et al. 2016: 50 
DistributionN New Guinea, Papua New Guinea (northern Province: S slope Mt. Victory, 9.2424°S, 149.1350°E, 320 m asl.; Port Moresby), Indonesia (Irian Jaya)

Type locality: Jobi Island (= Japen = Yapen), Irian Jaya, Indonesia.

karlschmidti: Papua New Guinea; Type locality: “Marienberg, Sepik River, Territory of New Guiena”.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: ZMB 34106
Holotype: FMNH 14107, adult male [karlschmidti] 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 4980 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentThis species has been considered as a synonym of V. indicus indicus (e.g. in GOOD et al. 1993). 
EtymologyNamed after the type locality. 
References
  • Ahl, E. 1932. Eine neue Eidechse und zwei neue Frösche von der Insel Jobi. Mitt. zool. Mus. Berlin 17: 892-899
  • Amer, Sayed A. M. and Yoshinori Kumazawa 2008. Timing of a mtDNA gene rearrangement and intercontinental dispersal of varanid lizards. Genes Genet. Syst. 83: 275–280 - get paper here
  • Ast, Jennifer C. 2001. Mitochondrial DNA Evidence and Evolution in Varanoidea (Squamata). Cladistics 17 (3): 211-226 [erratum in 18 (1):125] - get paper here
  • Bayless, Mark; Dwyer, Quetzal 1997. Notes on the peach-throated monitor. Reptile & Amphibian Magazine (May): 26-30
  • Böhme, W. 1991. The identity of Varanus gouldii (Gray, 1838), and the nomenclature of the V. gouldii species complex. Mertensiella, 2, 38-41.
  • Böhme, W. 1991. New findings on the hemipenial morphology of monitor lizards and their systematic implications. Mertensiella Bonn 2: 176 pp.
  • Böhme,W., H. G. HORN & T. ZIEGLER 1994. Zur Taxonomie der Pazifikwarane (Varanus-indicus-Komplex): Revalidierung von Varanus doreanus (A. B. MEYER, 1874) mit Beschreibung einer neuen Unterart. Salamandra 30 (2): 119-142 - 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
  • 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
  • Horn,H. G. 1977. Notizen zur Systematik, Fundortangaben und Haltung von Varanus (Varanus) karlschmidti. Salamandra 13 (2): 78-88 - get paper here
  • Koch A, Arida E, Schmitz A, Böhme W, Ziegler T. 2009. Refining the polytypic species concept of mangrove monitors (Squamata: Varanus indicus group): a new cryptic species from the Talaud Islands, Indonesia, reveals the underestimated diversity of Indo-Australian monitor lizards. Australian Journal of Zoology 57(1): 29-40 - 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
  • Kraus, Fred. 2013. Further range extensions for reptiles and amphibians from Papua New Guinea. Herpetological Review 44 (2): 277-280 - get paper here
  • Lisle, H.F. de 1996. Natural History of Monitor Lizards. Krieger, Malabar (Florida)
  • MARWA, J., UNGIRWALU, A., IMBURI, C. S., DJITMAU, D. A., MURDJOKO, A., & BENU, N. M. H. 2024. Ecological perspective to sustainably manage the secondary forest in the lowland of Doberai Peninsula, Indonesia. Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity, 25(8) - get paper here
  • Mertens, R. 1971. Über eine Waransammlung aus dem östlichen Neuguinea. Senckenbergiana biologica 52 (1-2): 1-5
  • Mertens,R. 1951. A new lizard of the genus Varanus from New Guinea. Field. Zool. 31: 467-471 - get paper here
  • Philipp,K.M.; Ziegler, T. & Böhme, W. 2007. Preliminary Investigations of the Natural Diet of Six Monitor Lizard Species of the Varanus (Euprepiosaurus) indicus Group. Mertensiella 16: 336-345
  • 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. & Vitt, L.J. 2003. Lizards - Windows to the Evolution of Diversity. University of California Press, Berkeley, 347 pp. [review in Copeia 2004: 955] - get paper here
  • Pianka, Eric R. 2012. Can humans share spaceship earth? Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 6 (1): 1-24 - get paper here
  • Sprackland, R. G. 2007. Peach-throat monitors. Reptiles Magazine 2007: 40-47 - get paper here
  • Stefani, M. 2008. Husbandry and Reproduction of the Peach-throated Monitor Varanus jobiensis in Captivity. Biawak 2 (3): 124-130 - get paper here
  • Switak, Karl H. 2006. Adventures in Green Python Country. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 364 pp. - get paper here
  • Weijola, Valter 2017. PHYLOGENY AND TAXONOMY OF THE PACIFIC MONITOR LIZARDS (SQUAMATA: VARANUS: EUPREPIOSAURUS). ANNALES UNIVERSITATIS TURKUENSIS 334 - get paper here
  • Weijola, Valter; Varpu Vahtera, Christer Lindqvist, Fred Kraus 2019. A molecular phylogeny for the Pacific monitor lizards (Varanus subgenus Euprepiosaurus) reveals a recent and rapid radiation with high levels of cryptic diversity. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 186 (4): 1053–1066 - get paper here
  • Werning, H. 2010. 100 Jahre Aquarium im Zoo Leipzig. Reptilia (Münster) 15 (84): 72-76 - 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
  • Ziegler, Thomas; Wolfgang Böhme, Andreas Schmitz 2007. A new species of the Varanus indicus group (Squamata, Varanidae) from Halmahera Island, Moluccas: morphological and molecular evidence. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin 83 (S1): 109-119 - get paper here
 
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