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Higher TaxaVaranidae, Platynota, Varanoidea, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Pygmy Rock Monitor
G: Kings Felsenwaran 
SynonymVaranus kingorum STORR 1980: 268
Worrellisaurus kingorum — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 22
Varanus kingorum — DE LISLE 1996: 129
Varanus kingorum — COGGER 2000: 368
Varanus kingorum — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Varanus (Odatria) kingorum — HÖRENBERG & KOCH 2013
Varanus (Odatria) kingorum — BUCKLITSCH et al. 2016: 50 
DistributionAustralia (NW Northern Territory, NE Western Australia: Rocky Outcrops of the Kimberley Region and adjacent areas in the Northern Territory)

Type locality: 10 km WNW of Timber Creek, Northern Territory, in 15° 37’ S, 130° 23’ E.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: WAM R60374 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A small reddish dark-spotted rock monitor, differing from V. caudolineatus, V. gilleni and V. eremius in tail much longer and not longitudinally striped. Further distinguishable from V. eremius by smooth head scales and short, thicker and more strongly curved nails. Distinguishable from V. storri by much longer and smoother tail. (Storr 1980)


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CommentSize: This is one of the smallest monitors with a total length of up to 40 cm. 
EtymologyNamed after Dr. Richard Dennis King (1942-2002), a Canadian-born Australian ecologist, and Dr. Max King (b. 1946), who collected the holotype. 
References
  • 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
  • Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - 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, B. 1999. Haltung und Nachzucht von Kings Felsenwaran, Varanus kingorum STORR 1980. Herpetofauna 21 (121): 19-23 - get paper here
  • Eidenmüller, B. 2001. Between the rocks - Pick up tips on breeding and keeping King’s rock monitors (Varanus kingorum). Reptiles 9 (5): 78-81
  • Eidenmüller, B. 2003. Haltung und kontinuierliche Vermehrung von Kings Felsenwaran, Varanus kingorum STORR 1980, mit der erstmaligen Nachzucht eines albinotischen Jungtieres. Reptilia (Münster) 8 (43): 36-40 - get paper here
  • Eidenmüller, B. 2007. Kleinwarane im Terrarium. Reptilia (Münster) 12 (63): 16-23 - get paper here
  • Eidenmüller, B. 2007. Small monitors in the terrarium. Reptilia (GB) (50): 12-19 - get paper here
  • Ellis, R.J. 2018. An annotated type catalogue of varanid lizards (Reptilia: Squamata: Varanidae) in the collection of the Western Australian Museum. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 33:187-194, DOI: 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.33(2).2018.187-194 - get paper here
  • Hörenberg, Thomas & André Koch 2013. Die Zwergwarane der Untergattung Odatria Gray, 1838. Draco 13 (53): 6-19 - 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
  • Lisle, H.F. de 1996. Natural History of Monitor Lizards. Krieger, Malabar (Florida)
  • Pianka, E. R. and D. R. King, eds. 2004. Varanoid Lizards of the World. Indiana University Press, 599 pp - get paper here
  • Storr G M 1980. The monitor lizards (genus Varanus Merrem, 1820) of Western Australia. Rec. West. Aust. Mus. 8 (2): 237-293 - get paper here
  • Vitt, R. 2013. Zur Inkubation von Gelegen von Varanus kingorum, Kings Zwergwaran. Reptilia (Münster) 18 (99): 66-67 - get paper here
  • Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2010. A complete guide to reptiles of Australia, 3rd ed. Chatswood: New Holland, 558 pp.
 
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