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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Varanus tristis (Schlegel, 1839)
  • AFD
Published in:CAVS 2006, "Census of Australian Vertebrate Species"
Synonym Source
Varanus tristis tristis (Schlegel, 1839) synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Storr, G.M. 1980, "The monitor lizards (genus Varanus Merrem, 1820) of Western Australia", Records of the Western Australian Museum, vol. 8, 237-293 p287
Varanus tristis orientalis (Fry, 1913) synonym
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Published in:Storr, G.M. 1980, "The monitor lizards (genus Varanus Merrem, 1820) of Western Australia", Records of the Western Australian Museum, vol. 8, 237-293 p291
Varanus occidentalis Zinniker, 1961 synonym
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Published in:Zinniker, W. 1961, "Australische Freunde", Aquaria (St. Gallen), vol. 2, 15-17 p16
Varanus (Odatria) tristis centralis Mertens, 1957 synonym
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Published in:Mertens, R. 1957, "Two new goannas from Australia", Western Australian Naturalist, vol. 5, 183-185 p185
Varanus punctatus orientalis Fry, 1913 synonym
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Published in:Fry, D.B. 1913, "On a Varanus and a frog from Burnett River, Queensland, and a revision of the variations in Limnodynastes dorsalis Gray", Records of the Australian Museum, vol. 10, 17-34 p18, figs 7, 9
Monitor tristis Schlegel, 1839 synonym
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Published in:Schlegel, H. 1839, Abbildungen neuer oder unvollständing bekannter Amphibien, nach der Natur oder dem Leben entworfen, herausgegeben und mit einem erläuternden Text begleitet, xiv 141 pp. 50 pls, Arnz, Dusseldorf p73
Odatria punctata Gray, 1838 synonym
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Published in:Gray, J.E. 1838, "A catalogue of the slender-tongued saurians, with descriptions of many new genera and species", Annals and Magazine of Natural History, vol. 1, 388-394 p394
Odatria punctata GRAY 1838 synonym
Indigenous Knowledge Name Source
Galgarriirr
Galgarriirr
Gomboyh
Gorlerletj
Karda
Common Name Source
Black-Headed Goanna Australia Australia
Black-Headed Monitor Australia Australia
  • AFD
Name Source
Varanus tristis (Schlegel, 1839) accepted
  • AFD
Identifier Source
http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/04978547-3df3-4b95-b9fa-d51d695865c1 Taxon unknown
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https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/04978547-3df3-4b95-b9fa-d51d695865c1 Taxon current
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https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/04978547-3df3-4b95-b9fa-d51d695865c1 Taxon Concept current
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https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/8f2f1e4b-990d-4e54-b4d2-b3e1a0d2650f Scientific Name current
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urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:04978547-3df3-4b95-b9fa-d51d695865c1 Taxon LSID unknown
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Classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
informal
Gnathostomata
class
REPTILIA
subclass
LEPIDOSAURIA
order
SQUAMATA
suborder
LACERTILIA
family
VARANIDAE
genus
Varanus
species
Varanus tristis
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