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Varanus rosenbergi MERTENS, 1957

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Higher TaxaVaranidae, Platynota, Sauria (lizards) 
Subspecies 
Common NamesHeath Monitor 
SynonymVaranus gouldii rosenbergi MERTENS 1957: 17
Varanus rosenbergi — STORR 1980: 280
Varanus rosenbergi — COGGER 1983
Varanus rosenbergi — DE LISLE 1996: 133
Varanus rosenbergi — COGGER 2000: 372
Varanus rosenbergi — WILSON & SWAN 2010 
DistributionAustralia (New South Wales, South Australia, SW Victoria, S West Australia)

Type locality: Monigup Pass, Stirling Range, W. A. Map legend:
TDWG region - Region according to the TDWG standard, not a precise distribution map.

NOTE: TDWG regions are generated automatically from the text in the distribution field and this does not always work properly. We are working on it.
 
TypesHolotype: WAM R822 
Comment 
References
  • Bennet, D.F. 2003. Der Varanus-gouldii-Komplex. Reptilia (Münster) 8 (43): 26-28 - get paper here
  • Bennet, D.F. 2003. The Varanus gouldii group. Reptilia (GB) (30): 27-29 - get paper here
  • Böhme, W. 1988. Der Arguswaran (Varanus panoptes, Storr 1980) auf Neuguinea: Varanus panoptes horni spp. n. Salamandra 24 (2/3): 87-101.
  • Cogger,H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, 6th ed. Ralph Curtis Publishing, Sanibel Island, 808 pp.
  • De Lisle, H.F. 1996. Natural History of Monitor Lizards. Krieger, Malabar (Florida)
  • Escoriza Boj, D. 2005. Australia. Reptiles and Amphibians, Part 1: Rainforest. Reptilia (GB) (40): 70-75 - 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
  • King,D. & Green,B. 1999. Monitors, the biology of varanid lizards. University of New South Wales Press, Sydney, 116 pp.
  • Maryan, Brad;Robinson, David 1987. Field compatability observations [Varanus rosenbergi; Pseudonaja a. affinis]. Herpetofauna (Sydney) 17 (1-2): 11-12
  • Mertens, R. 1957. Ein neuer melanistischer Waran aus dem südlichen Australien. (V. gouldii rosenbergi, subsp. nov.). Zool. Anz. 159: 17-20
  • Pianka, E. R. and D. R. King, eds. 2004. Varanoid Lizards of the World. Indiana University Press, 599 pp - get paper here
  • Rismiller, P. et al. 2007. Life History studies of Rosenberg’s Goanna (Varanus rosenbergi) on Kangaroo Island, south Australia. Biawak 1 (1): 42-43
  • Rismiller, Peggy D.; Michael W. McKelvey, and Brian Green 2010. Breeding Phenology and Behavior of Rosenberg's Goanna (Varanus rosenbergi) on Kangaroo Island, South Australia. Journal of Herpetology 44 (3): 399–408 - get paper here
  • Shea, G. M. 1994. Three species of goanna occur in the Sydney Basin Herpetofauna (Sydney) 24 (2): 14-18
  • Smith, W.; Scott, I.A.W. & Keogh, J.S. 2007. Molecular phylogeography of Rosenberg’s goanna (Reptilia:Varanidae: Varanus rosenbergi) and its conservation status in New South Wales. Systematics and Biodiversity 5 (4): 361–369
  • 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
  • Sutherland, Duncan R 2011. Dietary Niche Overlap and Size Partitioning in Sympatric Varanid Lizards Herpetologica 67 (2): 146-153. - 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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