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Varanus glauerti MERTENS, 1957

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Higher TaxaVaranidae, Platynota, Varanoidea, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Kimberley Rock Monitor
G: Kimberley-Felsenwaran 
SynonymVaranus (Odatria) timorensis glauerti MERTENS 1957
Varanus (Odatria) glauerti — MERTENS 1958
Varanus glauerti — STORR 1980: 258
Varanus glauerti — COGGER 1983
Varanus glauerti — DE LISLE 1996: 125
Varanus glauerti — COGGER 2000: 365
Varanus glauerti — WILSON & SWAN 2010
Varanus (Odatria) glauerti — BUCKLITSCH et al. 2016: 50 
DistributionIndonesia (Timor), Australia (N Western Australia, N Northern Territory)

Type locality: Wotjulum, West Kimberley, W. A.  
Reproductionparthenogenetic, at least occasionally. 
TypesHolotype: WAM R12337 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A smooth, slender, flat-headed, long-tailed, long-limbed, medium-sized rock monitor (up to 79 cm long) with tail slightly compressed; coloration distinctive (head, neck and usually foreback dark and unpatterned; back blackish with transverse rows of blue-grey ocelli; and tail boldly banded with black and white). (Storr 1980) 
Comment 
EtymologyNamed after Ludwig Glauert (1879-1963) British-born geologist who emigrated to Western Australia (1908) where he worked as a paleontologist and later joined the Western Australian Museum in Perth of which he became director in 1954. 
References
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