Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Paleoanguimorpha |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Superfamilia: Varanoidea
Familia: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: Varanus (Psammosaurus)
Species: Varanus caspius
Name
Varanus caspius (Eichwald, 1831)
- Holotype: EMKSU fide De Lisle (2009: 18), but storage location remains unknown fide Doronin et al. (2017: 79).
- Type locality: “peninsula Dardsha”, southeastern coast of Capsian Sea, Turkmenistan.
Combinations
- Psammosaurus caspius Eichwald, 1831: 190 [original combination]
- Varanus (Psammosaurus) griseus caspius — Mertens, 1954: 355 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
References
Primary references
- Eichwald, E. 1831. Zoologia specialis, quam expositis animalibus tum vivis, tum fossilibus potissimuni rossiae in universum, et poloniae in specie, in usum lectionum publicarum in Universitate Caesarea Vilnensi. Tome 3. Zawadski: Vilnae. BHL
- Mertens, R. 1954. Die Rassen von Varanus griseus. Senckenbergiana Biologica 35: 353–357.
- Böhme, W., Ahmed, S. H., Al-Sheikhly, O. F., Ararat, K., Auer, M., Khudur, F. A., & Langner, C. 2023. Desert Monitor Lizards (Squamata: Varanidae: Varanus: Psammosaurus) from the Middle East: Further Records of Nesterov’s Desert Monitor, Varanus (P.) nesterovi Böhme, Ehrlich, Milto, Orlov et Scholz, 2015, from Iraq, and Adjacent Localities of Varanus (P.) g. griseus (Daudin, 1803) and Varanus (P.) g. caspius (Eichwald, 1831), with Comments on Biogeography and Taxonomy. Russian Journal of Herpetology, 30(6): 518-528. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2023-30-6-518-528
Additional references
- De Lisle, H.F. 2009. Catalog of the genus Varanus (Reptilia: Squamata: Varanidae) with new designations of a neotype and a lectotype. ZooNova 1: 8–32. Reference page.