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Taxonomy
Lanthanotus was named by Steindachner (1877). It is extant. It is the type genus of Lanthanotidae.
It was assigned to Lanthanotidae by McDowell and Bogert (1954); and to Varanidae by Estes et al. (1988), Clos (1995), Frank and Ramus (1996), Lee and Caldwell (2000).
It was assigned to Lanthanotidae by McDowell and Bogert (1954); and to Varanidae by Estes et al. (1988), Clos (1995), Frank and Ramus (1996), Lee and Caldwell (2000).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1877 | Lanthanotus Steindachner |
| 1954 | Lanthanotus McDowell and Bogert p. 133 |
| 1988 | Lanthanotus Estes et al. |
| 1995 | Lanthanotus Clos p. 263 |
| 1996 | Lanthanotus Frank and Ramus |
| 2000 | Lanthanotus Lee and Caldwell |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Lanthanotus Steindachner 1877 [earless monitor lizard]
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Lanthanotus borneensis Steindachner 1878 [Borneo earless monitor]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Pianka and Vitt 2003, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available