Source: http://arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Varanidae/Varanus/keithhornei
Timestamp: 2019-04-25 13:55:47+00:00

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keithhornei: after Mr Keith Horne, a Sydney herpetologist.
Originally described as Odatria keithhornei2 - Wells & Wellington (1985). A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology, Supplementary Series, 1:1-61., based on specimens that Czechura (1980)3 - Czechura, G.V. (1980). The emerald monitor, Varanus prasinus (Schlegel): an addition to the Australian mainland herpetofauna. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum, 20:103-109. assigned to a mainland population of the emerald monitor (Varanus prasinus). Contrary to its original description, Varanus keithhornei does not belong within the subgenus Odatria (which includes species such as V. acanthurus and V. tristis), but rather Euprepiosaurus, a Wallacean radiation that includes the 'tree monitors' of the Varanus prasinus complex and the 'mangrove monitors' of the Varanus indicus complex.4 - Fitch et al. (2006). A molecular phylogeny of the Australian monitor lizards (Squamata: Varanidae) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Australian journal of zoology, 54(4):253-269., 5 - Ziegler et al. (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 group. Zootaxa, 1472:1-28. Molecular data indicates that V. keithhornei is most closely related to V. beccarii of the Aru Islands, rather than to the geographically closer emerald monitor (Varanus prasinus).4 - Fitch et al. (2006). A molecular phylogeny of the Australian monitor lizards (Squamata: Varanidae) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Australian journal of zoology, 54(4):253-269., 5 - Ziegler et al. (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 group. Zootaxa, 1472:1-28., 6 - Pyron et al. (2013). A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes. BMC evolutionary biology, 13(1):93.
Status in Queensland was changed from Rare to Least Concern in December 2009.7 - Department of Environment & Resource Management (2009). Nature Conservation (Wildlife) Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2009.
Varanus keithhornei at the Australian Reptile Online Database. Last updated 2013-07-21 21:17:25.
Retrieved from http://arod.com.au/arod/?species=Varanus+keithhornei on the 25th of April, 2019.

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