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Peach-throated monitor

Species of lizard

Peach-throated monitor
Summary

Species of lizard

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 as the Sepik monitor, is a species of monitor lizard native to New Guinea.

Taxonomy

In Indonesia

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.

Etymology

The specific name, jobiensis, which is Latin, means "from Jobi". Jobi is the island also known as Yapen, which is the type locality of this species.

The junior synonym, Varanus karlschmidti, was named in honour of American herpetologist Karl Patterson Schmidt.

Distribution

Madang]], [[Papua New Guinea

Peach-throated monitors are endemic to New Guinea and surrounding islands such as Biak, Salawati, Yapen, Normanby, and Waigeo. It occurs in rainforests at altitudes of 0 -.

Description

Peach-throated monitors grow up to 120 cm in total length (including tail). The colour of the throat is white-yellow to red, to which one of its common names refers.

Diet

Peach-throated monitors primarily eat insects, and sometimes frogs, but may also take freshwater fish and small mammals.

As food

Peach-throated monitors are hunted for human consumption in New Guinea.

Reproduction

Peach-throated monitors are oviparous.

Peach-throated monitor in a vivarium

References

References

  1. Shea, G.. (2016). "''Varanus jobiensis''".
  2. "Appendices {{!}} CITES".
  3. [https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=716518 "''Varanus jobiensis'' at ITIS (Integrated Taxonomic Information System). ITIS.gov]
  4. {{EMBL species
  5. Weijola, Valter. (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.
  6. 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 karlschmidti'', p. 236).
  7. [http://www.mampam.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=45&Itemid=65 ''Varanus jobiensi'' at mampam Consevation. mampam.com].
  8. Pangau-Adam, Margaretha; Noske, Richard; Muehlenberg, Michael (2012). "Wildmeat or Bushmeat? Subsistence Hunting and Commercial Harvesting in Papua (West New Guinea), Indonesia". ''Human Ecology'' '''40''': 611–621.{{doi. 10.1007/s10745-012-9492-5
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