Peach-throated monitor

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Peach-throated monitor

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: Euprepiosaurus
Species:
V. jobiensis
Binomial name
Varanus jobiensis
Ahl, 1932[3]
Synonyms[4]
  • Varanus indicus jobiensis
    Ahl, 1932
  • Varanus karlschmidti
    Mertens, 1951
  • Varanus jobiensis
    — Böhme, 1991
  • Varanus (Euprepiosaurus) jobiensis
    — Ziegler et al., 2007

The peach-throated monitor (Varanus jobiensis), also known commonly as the Sepik monitor, is a species of monitor lizard in the family Varanidae. The species is native to New Guinea.

Taxonomy

Varanus jobiensis belongs to the subgenus Euprepiosaurus, which includes species such as the blue-tailed monitor and mangrove monitor, both of which it is sympatric with in much of its range.

It is likely that this species is actually a species complex of multiple different species that have been diverging since the Pliocene, and diverged from the V. indicus species complex 4.7 million years ago. [5]

Distribution

Varanus jobiensis is endemic to New Guinea and surrounding islands such as Biak, Salawati, Yapen, Normanby, and Waigeo.[5] It occurs in rainforests at altitudes of 0–900 m (0–2,953 ft).[1]

Description

Varanus jobiensis grows up to 120 centimetres (3.9 ft) in total length (including tail). The colour of the throat is white-yellow to red, to which one of its common names refers.

Diet

Varanus jobiensis primarily eats

insects, and sometimes frogs,[5] but may also take freshwater fish and small mammals.[6]

As food

Varanus jobiensis is hunted for human consumption in New Guinea.[7]

Reproduction

Varanus jobiensis is oviparous.[4]

Peach-throated monitor on log in a vivarium

Etymology

The

type locality of this species.[4]

The

junior synonym, Varanus karlschmidti, was named in honor of American herpetologist Karl Patterson Schmidt.[8]

Gallery

  • Varanus jobiensis in Raja Ampat Papua, 2017
    Varanus jobiensis
    in Raja Ampat Papua, 2017
  • Varanus jobiensis in Raja Ampat Papua, 2017
    Varanus jobiensis in
    Raja Ampat
    Papua, 2017
  • Varanus jobiensis on wall
    Varanus jobiensis on wall
  • Varanus jobiensis in Raja Ampat Papua, 2017
    Varanus jobiensis in Raja Ampat Papua, 2017


References

  1. ^
    doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T178029A21647160.en
    . Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Varanus jobiensis at ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). ITIS.gov
  4. ^ a b c Species Varanus jobiensis at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  5. ^
    ISSN 0024-4082
    .
  6. ^ Varanus jobiensi at mampam Consevation. mampam.com.
  7. doi:10.1007/s10745-012-9492-5
  8. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5
    . (Varanus karlschmidti, p. 236).

Further reading

  • Ahl E (1932). "Eine neue Eidechse und zwei neue Frösche von der Insel Jobi ". Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 17: 892–899. (Varanus indicus jobiensis, new subspecies, p. 892). (in German).
  • Mertens R (1951). "A New Lizard of the Genus Varanus from New Guinea". Fieldiana Zoology 31 (43): 467–471. (Varanus karlschmidti, new species).
  • Ziegler T, Schmitz A, Koch A, Böhme W (2007). "A review of the subgenus Euprepiosauras of Varanus (Squamata: Varanidae): morphological and molecular phylogeny, distribution and zoogeography, with an identification key for members of the V. indicus and V. prasinus species groups". Zootaxa 1472: 1-28.

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