Bogert's monitor
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Varanidae |
| Genus: | Varanus |
| Subgenus: | Euprepiosaurus |
| Species: | V. bogerti
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| Binomial name | |
| Varanus bogerti Mertens, 1950
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Bogert's monitor (Varanus bogerti ) is a species of tree-dwelling lizard in the family Varanidae. The species is native to Papua New Guinea.[1]
Etymology
Both the specific name, bogerti, and the common name, Bogert's monitor, are in honor of American herpetologist Charles Mitchill Bogert.[3]
Geographic range
V. bogerti is found on the D'Entrecasteaux Islands and the Trobriand Islands of Papua New Guinea.[2]
Reproduction
V. bogerti is an oviparous species.[2]
References
- ^ a b Tallowin O; Shea G; Allison A (2016). "Varanus bogerti". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. IUCN: e.T42485692A42485697. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T42485692A42485697.en. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
- ^ a b c "Varanus bogerti ". 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 bogerti, p. 30).
Further reading
- Mertens R (1950). "Notes on some Indo-Australian monitors (Sauria, Varanidae)". American Museum Novitates (1456): 1-7. (Varanus prasinus bogerti, new subspecies, pp. 3–6, Figure 1),
- 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 the members of the V. indicus and the V. prasinus species groups". Zootaxa 1472: 1-28.
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