Varanus spenceri LUCAS & FROST, 1903

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Higher Taxa	Varanidae, Platynota, Varanoidea, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Spencer's Monitor
Synonym	Varanus spenceri LUCAS & FROST 1903: 145 Varanus ingrami — BOULENGER 1906 Varanus (Varanus) spenceri — MERTENS 1942 Varanus spenceri — COGGER 1983 Aspetosaurus spenceri — WELLS & WELLINGTON 1985: 20 Varanus spenceri — DE LISLE 1996: 137 Varanus spenceri — COGGER 2000: 376 Varanus spenceri — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Varanus (Varanus) spenceri — BUCKLITSCH et al. 2016: 50
Distribution	Australia (E Northern Territory, NW Queensland) ingrami: Northern Territory, Australia. Type locality: Alexandria, Northern Territory, Australia. Type locality: Tablelands, 50 mi to NE of Tennant's Creek, N. T.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: NMV D12350 Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.31.6, from Alexandria, N. T. [Varanus ingrami]
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (1248 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment
Etymology	Named after Walter Baldwin Spencer (1860-1929), British biologist who moved to Australia in 1887. See Shea 2003 for biographical details.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here Boulenger, G. A. 1906. Description of a new lizard and a new snake from Australia. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7) 18: 440-441 - get paper here Christian, T. 1979. Notes on Spencer's monitor (Varanus spenceri). Vict. Herp. Soc. Newsletter 14: 13-14 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. 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 Horn, H.-G. 1981. Varanus spenceri, nicht Varanus giganteus: eine Richtigstellung (Reptilia: Sauria: Varanidae). Salamandra 17 (1-2): 78-81 - get paper here Iannucci, Alessio; Marie Altmanová, Claudio Ciofi, Malcolm Ferguson-Smith, Massimo Milan, Jorge Claudio Pereira, James Pether, Ivan Rehák, Michail Rovatsos, Roscoe Stanyon, Petr Velenský, Petr Ráb, Lukáš Kratochvíl & Martina Johnson Pokorná 2019. Conserved sex chromosomes and karyotype evolution in monitor lizards (Varanidae). Heredity 123, 215–227 - get paper here Lisle, H.F. de 1996. Natural History of Monitor Lizards. Krieger, Malabar (Florida) Lucas, A. H. S., and C. Frost 1903. Description of two new Australian lizards, Varanus spenceri and Diplodactylus bilineatus. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, 15:145—147. - get paper here Mertens, R. 1942. Die Familie der Warane (Varanidae), 3. Teil: Taxonomie. Abh. Senckenb. naturf. Ges., 466: 235-391 Mertens, R. 1958. Bemerkungen über die Warane Australiens. Senckenbergiana biologica 39: 229-264 Pengilley, R. 1981. Notes on the biology of Varanus spenceri and V. gouldii, Barkly Tablelands, Northern Territory. Australian Journal of Herpetology 1: 23-26. Pianka, E. R. and D. R. King, eds. 2004. Varanoid Lizards of the World. Indiana University Press, 599 pp - get paper here Shea, G.M. 2003. The HORN Expedition (1894) to Central Australia: New Directions in Australian Herpetology. Bonner Zoologische Beiträge 52 (3/4): 245-273 - 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.kingsnake.com/oz/lizards/monitors/monitors.htm http://www.amonline.net.au/herpetology/research/pdf/varanidae.pdf http://monitor-lizards.net/species/index.html http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Varanidae/Varanus/spenceri Google images

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