Ceram Mangrove monitor

Ceram Mangrove Monitor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Lacertilia
Family:	Varanidae
Genus:	Varanus
Subgenus:	V. (Euprepiosaurus)
Species:	V. cerambonensis
Binomial name
Varanus cerambonensis Philipp, Böhme & Ziegler, 1999[1][2]

The ceram mangrove monitor, Varanus cerambonensis, is a species of monitor lizard found in Indonesia. Specifically, it is found on some of the Central Moluccan islands including: Ambon, Seram, Obi, Buru, and Banda. On Ambon and probably on New Guinea Varanus cerambonensis occurs sympatrically with Varanus indicus.^[3] It is in the indicus species group of the subgenus Euprepiosaurus.^[4]

Description

The ceram mangrove monitor, has a total length is up to 95 cm, making it smaller than most monitor lizards.^[5] Its nostril is situated nearer to tip of snout than to its eye. The tail of the Ceram Mangrove monitor is compressed with a double keel on top.^[6]

References

1. ^ EOL.org
2. ^ JCVI.org (Viewed April 7, 2010).
3. ^ Monitor-lizards.net (Viewed April 7, 2010)
4. ^ Reptile-database.reptarium.cz
5. ^ Monitor-lizards.net
6. ^ Monitor-lizards.net

Further reading

• Varanidae.org
• Ast, Jennifer C. (2001). Mitochondrial DNA Evidence and Evolution in Varanoidea (Squamata). Cladistics 17 (3): 211-226 [erratum in 18 (1):125]
• Philipp, K. M., W. Böhme & T. Ziegler (1999). The identity of Varanus indicus: Redefinition and description of a sibling species coexisting at the type locality (Sauria: Varanidae: Varanus indicus group). Spixiana 22 (3): 273-287
• Philipp,K.M.; Ziegler, T. & Böhme, W. (2007). Preliminary Investigations of the Natural Diet of Six Monitor Lizard Species of the Varanus (Euprepiosaurus) indicus Group. Mertensiella 16: 336-345
• Koch A, Arida E, Schmitz A, Böhme W, Ziegler T. (2009). Refining the polytypic species concept of mangrove monitors (Squamata: Varanus indicus group): a new cryptic species from the Talaud Islands, Indonesia, reveals the underestimated diversity of Indo-Australian monitor lizards. Australian Journal of Zoology 57(1): 29-40
• Ziegler, Thomas; Wolfgang Böhme, Andreas Schmitz (2007). A new species of the Varanus indicus group (Squamata, Varanidae) from Halmahera Island, Moluccas: morphological and molecular evidence. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin 83 (S1): 109-119
• Ziegler, T., Schmitz, A., Koch, A. & W. Böhme (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 groups. Zootaxa 1472: 1-28

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