Varanus reisingeri

Varanus reisingeri
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Varanidae
Genus:	Varanus
Species:	V. reisingeri
Binomial name
	Varanus reisingeri; Eidenmüller & Wicker, 2005
Synonyms
	Varanus reisingeri ; Eidenmüller & Wicker, 2005; Varanus (Euprepiosaurus) reisingeri ; — Ziegler et al. 2007; Varanus (Euprepiosaurus) prasinus reisingeri ; — Bucklitsch et al., 2016;

Varanus reisingeri, known commonly as Reisinger's tree monitor and the Yellow tree monitor, is a species of monitor lizard in the family Varanidae. The species is endemic to Indonesia.

Etymology

The specific name, reisingeri, is in honor of Manfred Reisinger who is a German naturalist and reptile breeder.^[3]

V. reisingeri is found on the island of Misool in West Papua , Indonesia.^[2]

The natural habitat of V. reisingeri is forest, from sea level to an altitude of 535 m (1,755 ft).^[1]

^ ^a ^b Allison A, Shea G, Tallowin O (2016). "Varanus reisingeri ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T42485766A42485769. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T42485766A42485769.en. Downloaded on 08 January 2020.
^ ^a ^b Species Varanus reisingeri at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Varanus reisingeri, p. 219).

Eidenmüller, Bernd; Wicker, Rudolf (20015) "Eine weitere neue Waranart aus dem Varanus prasinus-Komplex von der Insel Misol, Indonesien ". Sauria 27 (1): 3–8. (Varanus reisingeri, new species). (in German, with an abstract in English).
Ziegler T, Schmitz A, Koch A, Böhme W (2007). "A review of the subgenus Euprepiosaurus of Varanus (Squamata: Varanidae): morphological and molecular phylogeny, distribution and zoogeography, with an identification key for members of the V. indicus and the V. prasinus species groups". Zootaxa 1472: 1-28.

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