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Varanus Merrem 1820
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Varanus Merrem, 1820
Type species: Lacerta varia Shaw in: White, 1790 (= Varanus varius, by subsequent designation of Gray, 1827).
Diagnosis. The monotypic genus Varanus differs from all other squamate genera in possessing the following combination of character states: head long and flat, neck long; tongue long and forked, legs well developed, each with 5 strongly-clawed digits; tail long, gradually tapering, in cross section circular, rounded-triangular or laterally compressed; skin smooth to rough, somewhat loose-fitting; head covered by small juxtaposed polygonal scales and body and limbs by oblong or squarish, juxtaposed, non-glossy scales often bearing a low central keel.
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Published as part of Maryan, Brad, Oliver, Paul M., Fitch, Alison J. & O'Connell, Morgan, 2014, Molecular and morphological assessment of Varanus pilbarensis (Squamata: Varanidae), with a description of a new species from the southern Pilbara, Western Australia, pp. 139-158 in Zootaxa 3768 (2) on page 144, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3768.2.3, http://zenodo.org/record/252057
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- Merrem, B. (1820) Versuch eines Systems Amphibien. Tentamen Systematics Amphibiorum. Krieger, Marburg, 199 pp.
- White, J. (1790) Journal of a voyage to New South Wales, with sixty-five plates of non descript animals, birds, lizards, serpents, curious cones of trees and other natural productions. Debrett, London, 299 pp.