Varanus yuwonoi

Varanus yuwonoi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: Euprepiosaurus
Species:
V. yuwonoi
Binomial name
Varanus yuwonoi
Harvey & Barker, 1998
Halmahera in the Maluku Islands, Indonesia
Halmahera in the Maluku Islands, Indonesia
Varanus yuwonoi is endemic to the island of Halmahera

The Yuwono monitor or tricolor monitor (Varanus yuwonoi), also commonly known as the black-backed mangrove monitor or the black-backed monitor, is a species of monitor lizard in the blue-tailed monitor species complex.[2][3] The tricolor monitor is endemic to the island of Halmahera, in the Maluku Islands, Indonesia.[4]

  1. ^ Stubbs, A.; Arida, E.; Shea, G.; Auliya, M. (2021). "Varanus yuwonoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22916A123633095. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Weijola, Valter; Vahtera, Varpu; Lindqvist, Christer; Kraus, Fred [in French] (2019-07-23). "A molecular phylogeny for the Pacific monitor lizards (Varanus subgenus Euprepiosaurus) reveals a recent and rapid radiation with high levels of cryptic diversity". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 186 (4): 1053–1066. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz002.
  3. ^ Harvey, Michael B.; Barker, David G. (1998). "A new species of blue-tailed monitor lizard (genus Varanus) from Halmahera Island, Indonesia". Herpetologica. 54 (1): 34–44. JSTOR 3893395. (Varanus yuwonoi, new species).
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