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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 — 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] 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (2149 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 - get paper here
  • 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. New findings on the hemipenial morphology of monitor lizards and their systematic implications. Mertensiella Bonn 2: 176 pp.
  • 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., 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
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  • 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
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  • 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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