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Varanus telenesetes

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Mysterious tree monitor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Reptilia
Order:
Squamata
Suborder:
Lacertilia
Family:
Varanidae
Genus:
Varanus
Subgenus:
Euprepiosaurus
Species:
V. telenesetes
Binomial name
Varanus telenesetes
(Sprackland, 1991)

The Mysterious tree monitor (Varanus telenesetes) is a member of the tree monitor species-complex Varanidae family. The species was described based on a single specimen supposedly collected on Rossel Island in the Louisiade Archipelago, Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. However, later searches of this island have failed to turn up any specimens and native islanders deny ever seeing it.[1] It is now generally believed that the original collection data was in error and that the species occurs on some other, currently unknown, island east of New Guinea.

References

  1. ^ IUCN Red List. "Varanus telenesetes". Retrieved on November 11, 2014.
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