Varanus primordius MERTENS, 1942

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Higher Taxa	Varanidae, Platynota, Varanoidea, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Northern Blunt-spined Monitor
Synonym	Varanus acanthurus primordius MERTENS 1942: 41 Varanus (Odatria) acanthurus primordius MERTENS 1958: 234 Varanus primordius — STORR 1966 Varanus primordius — COGGER 1983 Worrellisaurus primordius — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 22 Varanus primordius — DE LISLE 1996: 133 Varanus primordius — COGGER 2000: 371 Varanus primordius — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Varanus (Odatria) primordius — HÖRENBERG & KOCH 2013 Varanus (Odatria) primordius — BUCKLITSCH et al. 2016: 50
Distribution	Australia (N Northern Territory) Type locality: North Australia.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: ZMB 6204
Diagnosis
Comment
Etymology	Presumably named after the Latin primordius (original or early), in reference to the form of the keeling of the tail scalation, which Mertens considered to represent a primordial stage ancestral to the development of the greater keeling in V. acanthurus. (G. Shea, pers. comm., 9 Feb 2024)
References	Augstenová, Barbora, Eleonora Pensabene, Lukáš Kratochvíl, and Michail Rovatsos. 2021. Cytogenetic Evidence for Sex Chromosomes and Karyotype Evolution in Anguimorphan Lizards. Cells 10, no. 7: 1612 - get paper here Bennet, D.F. 2003. Australian Monitors. Reptilia (GB) (30): 12-19 - get paper here Bennet, D.F. 2003. Australische Warane. Reptilia (Münster) 8 (43): 18-25 - get paper here Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 7th ed. CSIRO Publishing, xxx + 1033 pp. - get paper here Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp. Eidenmüller, Bernd 2013. Von Darwin nach Alice Springs – der Warane wegen. Draco 13 (53): 55-61 - get paper here Hörenberg, Thomas & André Koch 2013. Die Zwergwarane der Untergattung Odatria Gray, 1838. Draco 13 (53): 6-19 - get paper here Lisle, H.F. de 1996. Natural History of Monitor Lizards. Krieger, Malabar (Florida) Mertens, R. 1942. Ein weiterer neuer Waran aus Australien. Zool. Anz. 137: 41-44 Mertens, R. 1958. Bemerkungen über die Warane Australiens. Senckenbergiana biologica 39: 229-264 Mertens, R. 1966. Ein neuer Zwergwaran aus Australien. Senckenbergiana biologica 47: 437-441 Pianka, E. R. and D. R. King, eds. 2004. Varanoid Lizards of the World. Indiana University Press, 599 pp - get paper here Sprackland, R. G. 2001. Dwarf monitors. Reptile and Amphibian Hobbyist 6 (10): 8-16 Storr, G. M. 1966. Rediscovery and taxonomic status of the Australian lizard, Varanus primordius. Copeia 1966 (3): 583-584 - get paper here Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information http://www.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/varanidae.pdf http://monitor-lizards.net/species/index.html http://www.swissherp.org/Reptiles/Varanidae/Varanidae.html http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Varanidae/Varanus/primordius Google images

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