Golden-spotted tree monitor
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| Subgenus: | Euprepiosaurus
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| Species: | V. boehmei
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| Varanus boehmei Jacobs, 2003
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The golden-spotted tree monitor (Varanus boehmei) is a species of monitor lizard endemic to Waigeo Island in Indonesia.
Etymology
The specific name, boehmei, is in honor of German herpetologist Wolfgang Böhme.[1]
Geographic range
V. boehmei is native to the forests of Waigeo, Indonesia.
Behavior
Golden-spotted tree monitors have prehensile tails, and they spend most of their lives in trees.[2]
Description
They grow to around 1 m (3.3 ft) in total length (including tail).[2]
References
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Varanus boehmei, p. 30).
- ^ a b "Varanus boehmei at Monitor-lizards.net".
Further reading
- Jacobs HJ. 2003. A further new emerald tree monitor lizard of the Varanus prasinus species group from Waigeo, West Irian (Squamata: Sauria: Varanidae). Salamandra 39 (2): 65-74. (Varanus boehmei, new species).
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