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Varanus niloticus (Nile monitor)

Reptilia - Varanidae

Taxonomy
Lacerta nilotica was named by Linnaeus (1766). It is extant.

It was recombined as Varanus niloticus by Stromer (1910) and Clos (1995).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. cayluxi, V. giganteus, V. gouldii, V. hofmanni, V. indicus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1766Lacerta nilotica Linnaeus p. 369
1910Varanus niloticus Stromer p. 483
1995Varanus niloticus Clos p. 264

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
—Squamata()
—Anguimorpha(Fürbringer 1900)
—Anguiformes(Bonaparte 1831)
infraorderPlatynotaBaur 1890
superfamilyVaranoideaGray 1827
familyVaranidaeHardwicke and Gray 1824
genusVaranusMerrem 1820
speciesniloticus(Linnaeus 1766)

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.

Varanus niloticus Linnaeus 1766 [Nile monitor]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: carnivoref
Reproduction: oviparousf
Created: 2005-09-16 14:10:01
Modified: 2005-09-23 16:08:59
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Pianka and Vitt 2003, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Chad Varanus niloticus (24181)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Uganda Varanus niloticus (22211)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Eritrea (Buia) Varanus niloticus (193126)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya Varanus niloticus (22342)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Eritrea Varanus niloticus (185616)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Varanus niloticus (22085)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774South Africa Varanus niloticus (21822)