Pilbara monitor

Pilbara monitor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Lacertilia
Family: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: V. (Odatria)
Species: V. bushi
Binomial name
Varanus bushi
Aplin, A. Fitch & D. King, 2006 [1]

The Pilbara monitor (Varanus bushi ), also known as Bush's monitor, is a newly discovered species of monitor lizard.

Etymology

The specific name, bushi, and the common name, Bush's monitor, are in honor of Australian naturalist and herpetologist Brian Gordon Bush (born 1947).[2]

Taxonomy

This species belongs to the subgenus Odatria.

Geographic range

Pilbara monitors live in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

Description

V. bushi is most similar to the stripe-tailed goanna and the pygmy Mulga goanna of all monitor lizards. However, the Pilbara monitor can be distinguished from these other two species by some morphological and genetic differences. [3]

Behavior

Details about the behavior of this monitor are relatively unknown.

References

  1. Monitor-lizards.net (Retrieved 11 February 2010).
  2. 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 bushi, p. 44).
  3. JCVI.org (Retrieved 11 February 2010).

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