Varanus glebopalma MITCHELL, 1955

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Higher Taxa	Varanidae, Platynota, Varanoidea, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Black-palmed Rock Monitor, Long-Tailed Rock Monitor
Synonym	Varanus glebopalma MITCHELL 1955 Varanus glebopalma — STORR 1980: 260 Varanus glebopalma — COGGER 1983 Varanus glebopalma — DE LISLE 1996: 126 Varanus glebopalma — COGGER 2000: 365 Varanus glebopalma — WILSON & SWAN 2010 Varanus (Odatria) glebopalma — HÖRENBERG & KOCH 2013 Varanus (Odatria) glebopalma — BUCKLITSCH et al. 2016: 50
Distribution	Australia (N Northern Territory, NW Queensland, NE Western Australia) Type locality: S end of Lake Hubert, N. T.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: SAMA R3222 (formerly USNM 128385), male, S end of Lake Hubert, NT, collected Australian-American Arnhem Land Expedition, iv-xi.1948.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A moderately large, dark, rock monitor (up to 102 cm long) with tail not strongly compressed; subdigital, palmar and plantar tubercles large and black; upper surfaces usually dark with little pattern. Distinguishable from V. glauerti by having distal two-fifths of tail unbanded whitish (rather than most of tail boldly banded with black and white). (Storr 1980) Additional details (2030 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment
Etymology	the name refers to the black pads on the surface of the feet.
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 Branch, W. R. 1982. Hemipeneal Morphology of Platynotan Lizards. Journal of Herpetology 16 (1): 16-38 - 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 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. 2007. Small monitors in the terrarium. Reptilia (GB) (50): 12-19 - get paper here Eidenmüller, B. 2007. Kleinwarane im Terrarium. Reptilia (Münster) 12 (63): 16-23 - 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 Hörenberg, Thomas & André Koch 2013. Die Zwergwarane der Untergattung Odatria Gray, 1838. Draco 13 (53): 6-19 - get paper here Horn, H.-G. & U. Schürer 1978. Bemerkungen zu Varanus (Odatria) glebopalma MITCHELL 1955 (Reptilia: Sauria: Varanidae). Salamandra 14 (3): 105-116 - get paper here Lisle, H.F. de 1996. Natural History of Monitor Lizards. Krieger, Malabar (Florida) Mertens, R. 1958. Bemerkungen über die Warane Australiens. Senckenbergiana biologica 39: 229-264 Mitchell, F. J. 1955. Preliminary account of the Reptilia and Amphibia collected by the National Geographic Society - Commonwealth Government - Smithsonian Institution Expedition to Arnhem Land (April to November, 1948). Rec. South Austral. Mus. 11: 373-408 - get paper here Pianka, E. R. and D. R. King, eds. 2004. Varanoid Lizards of the World. Indiana University Press, 599 pp - get paper here Rhind, David, J. Sean Doody, Ryan Ellis, Amy Ricketts, Gavin Scott, Simon Clulow and Colin McHenry. 2013. Varanus glebopalma (black-palmed monitor) nocturnal activity and foraging. Herpetological Review 44 (4): 687-688 - get paper here Sprackland, R. G. 2001. Dwarf monitors. Reptile and Amphibian Hobbyist 6 (10): 8-16 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 Swanson, S. 1979. Some rock-dwelling reptiles of the Arnhem Land escarpment. N. Territory Nat. 1: 14-18 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 file:////Users/uetz/lab/grants/NSF reptile database/figures from Shai… http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Varanidae/Varanus/glebopalma Google images

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