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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Varanus mertensi Glauert, 1951
  • AFD
Published in:CAVS 2006, "Census of Australian Vertebrate Species"
Synonym Source
Varanus bulliwallah Worrell, 1956 synonym
  • AFD
Published in:Worrell, E. 1956, "A new water-monitor from northern Australia", The Australian Zoologist, vol. 12, 201-202 p201, pls 27-29
Indigenous Knowledge Name Source
A-Bankawurda adult
A-Jarrkgah juvenile
Barangarri
Galamu
Garambajma
Jarralala juvenile
Jarrkkah
Mangardangarda
Wada Gwana
Wan'gabu
Yilurbunggu
Common Name Source
Mertens' Water Monitor Australia Australia
  • AFD
Mertens' Water Monitor Australia Australia
Name Source
Varanus mertensi Glauert, 1951 accepted
  • AFD
Identifier Source
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/de15c66f-5f21-4b9c-b3b2-1e46319d2096 Taxon current
  • AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/de15c66f-5f21-4b9c-b3b2-1e46319d2096 Taxon Concept current
  • AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/5c058cc8-9f67-49c8-b3a6-b9abdc39f75c Scientific Name current
  • AFD
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:de15c66f-5f21-4b9c-b3b2-1e46319d2096 Taxon LSID unknown
  • AFD
http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/de15c66f-5f21-4b9c-b3b2-1e46319d2096 Taxon unknown
  • AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/3c390982-3e39-4fbd-97b0-7a678ffdbc49 Taxon unknown
  • Identifiers from 2023 Taxonomy

Classification

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