Varanus dumerilii dumerilii , SCHLEGEL 1839

Varanus dumerilii dumerilii , SCHLEGEL 1839, juvenille
Seblat Mountain, Southwest Sumatra. (Photo by Julkifli Sembiring)

Higher Taxa:
Varanidae, Platynota, Sauria (lizards)

Subspecies:
Varanus dumerilii dumerilii (SCHLEGEL 1839)
Varanus dumerilii heteropholis (BOULENGER 1892)

Common Names:
E: Dumeril Monitor
G: Dumerilwaran

Synonym :

• Varanus dumerili dumerilii (SCHLEGEL 1839)
• Monitor dumerilii SCHLEGEL 1839: 78
• Varanus dumerili - BLEEKER 1858: 188
• Varanus macrolepis BLANFORD 1881: 239
• Varanus dumerilii — BOULENGER 1885: 312
• Varanus dumerili — DE ROOIJ 1915: 143
• Varanus (Tectovaranus) dumerilii dumerilii - MERTENS 1942: 364
• Varanus dumerili dumerilii — DE LISLE 1996: 122
• Varanus (Empagusia) dumerilii - ZIEGLER & BÖHME 1997: 14
• Varanus dumerilii — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 289
• Varanus dumerilii — COX et al. 1998: 107
• Varanus dumerilii — PIANKA & VITT 2003: 113
• Varanus dumerili heteropholis BOULENGER 1892
• Varanus heteropholis BOULENGER 1892: 506
• Varanus heteropholis — DE ROOIJ 1915: 142
• Varanus dumerili heteropholis — MERTENS 1942: 366
• Varanus dumerili heteropholis — DE LISLE 1996: 122

Distribution :
Peninsular Thailand, Myanmar (= Burma), West Malaysia,
Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo, Bangka, Kalimantan, Riou, Biliton), Sarawak, Singapore

Types :
heteropholis: Sarawak, Malaysia.

1. Type locality: Mt. Dulit, upper Baram River, Sarawak, Malaysia.
2. Type locality: Banjermasin, southeastern Borneo, Indonesia.

Comment :
BÖHME (2002) doesn’t recognize V. d. heteropholis and synonymizes it with V. dumerilii.


References :

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Reference :
http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species.php?genus=Varanus&species=dumerilii