Varanus macraei

Varanus macraei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: Hapturosaurus
Species:
V. macraei
Binomial name
Varanus macraei
Böhme [de] & Jacobs, 2001
Synonyms
  • Varanus macraei W. Böhme & Jacobs, 2001
  • Varanus (Euprepiosaurus) macraei — Ziegler [de], et al., 2007
  • Varanus macraei — LiVigni, 2013: 279[2]

Varanus macraei, the blue-spotted tree monitor or blue tree monitor, is a species of monitor lizard found on the island of Batanta in Indonesia. It is named after herpetologist Duncan R. MacRae, founder of the reptile park Rimba on Bali.[2][3]

  1. ^ Shea, G.; Allison, A.; Tallowin, O. (2017). "Varanus macraei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T42485731A42485734. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T42485731A42485734.en. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b Varanus macraei at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  3. ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Varanus macraei, p. 165).