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Short Tail Monitor

Varanus brevicauda Boulenger 1898

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Varanus brevicauda Boulenger 1898
Species recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from The Reptile Database
Varanus brevicauda
Species recognized by wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia NO, and wikipedia RO
Varanus brevicauda
Species recognized by Paleobiology Database, wikipedia DE, wikipedia IT, wikipedia FR, CITES, wikipedia EN, Wikipedia (inferred records), and Global Biotic Interactions
Varanus brevicauda
Recognized by Animal Diversity Web Traits and images
Varanus brevicauda Boulenger 1898
Species recognized by Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023, iNaturalist, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, and Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Alternative Names

Varanus brevicaudus
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Trunk
Varanus brevicaudus
Not accepted according to Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Common Names

English

Short-tail monitor preferred
Recognized by Paleobiology Database
Short-tailed Pygmy Monitor
prefer
Recognized by CITES

French

Varan à queue courte preferred
Recognized by CITES

Spanish; Castilian

Varano colicorto preferred
Recognized by CITES

Swedish

dvärgvaran preferred
Recognized by CITES
kortsvansad varan
prefer
Recognized by CITES
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Curated hierarchies for Varanus brevicauda Boulenger 1898

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Lepidosauromorpha
Lepidosauria
Squamata
Anguimorpha
Varanidae
Varanus Merrem 1820
Varanus brevicauda Boulenger 1898 (this page)
Varanus acanthurus Boulenger 1885
Varanus albigularis Daudin 1802
Varanus auffenbergi Sprackland 1999
Varanus bangonorum Welton, Travers, Siler & Brown 2014
Varanus baritji King & Horner 1987
Varanus beccarii (Doria 1874)
Varanus bengalensis (Daudin 1802)
Varanus bitatawa Welton, Siler, Bennett, Diesmos, Ruya, Dugay, Rico, Van Weerd & Brown 2010
Varanus boehmei Jacobs 2003
Varanus bogerti Mertens 1950
Varanus bushi Aplin, Fitch & King 2006
Varanus caerulivirens Ziegler, Böhme & Philipp 1999
Varanus caudolineatus Boulenger 1885
Varanus cerambonensis Philipp, Böhme & Ziegler 1999
Varanus cumingi Martin 1839
Varanus dalubhasa Welton, Travers, Siler & Brown 2014
Varanus doreanus (Meyer 1874)
Varanus douarrha (Lesson 1830)
Varanus dumerilii Schlegel 1839
Varanus eremius Lucas & Frost 1895
Varanus exanthematicus (Bosc 1792)
Varanus finschi Böhme, Horn & Ziegler 1994
Varanus flavescens (Hardwicke & Gray 1827)
Varanus giganteus (Gray 1845)
Varanus gilleni Lucas & Frost 1895
Varanus glauerti Mertens 1957
Varanus glebopalma Mitchell 1955
Varanus gouldii Gray 1838
Varanus griseus (Daudin 1803)
Varanus hamersleyensis Maryan, Oliver & Fitch
Varanus indicus (Daudin 1802)
Varanus jobiensis Ahl 1932
Varanus juxtindicus Böhme, Philipp & Ziegler 2002
Varanus keithhornei Wells & Wellington 1985
Varanus kingorum Storr 1980
Varanus komodoensis Ouwens 1912
Varanus kordensis (Meyer 1874)
Varanus lirungensis Koch, Arida, Schmitz, Böhme & Ziegler 2009
Varanus mabitang Gaulke & Curio 2001
Varanus macraei Böhme & Jacobs 2001
Varanus marathonensis Weithofer 1888
Varanus marmoratus (Wiegmann 1834)
Varanus melinus Böhme & Ziegler 1997
Varanus mertensi Glauert 1951
Varanus mitchelli Mertens 1958
Varanus mokrensis Ivanov et al. 2018
Varanus nebulosus (Gray 1831)
Varanus nesterovi Böhme, Ehrlich, Milto, Orlov & Scholz 2015
Varanus niloticus (Linnaeus 1766)
Varanus nuchalis (Günther 1872)
Varanus obor Weijola & Sweet 2010
Varanus olivaceus Hallowell 1857
Varanus palawanensis Koch, Gaulke & Böhme 2010
Varanus panoptes Storr 1980
Varanus pilbarensis Storr 1980
Varanus prasinus (Schlegel 1839)
Varanus primordius Mertens 1942
Varanus prisca (Owen 1859)
Varanus rainerguentheri Ziegler, Böhme & Schmitz 2007
Varanus rasmusseni Koch, Gaulke & Böhme 2010
Varanus reisingeri Eidenmüller & Wicker 2005
Varanus rosenbergi Mertens 1957
Varanus rudicollis (Gray 1845)
Varanus rusingensis Clos 1995
Varanus salvadorii (Peters & Doria 1878)
Varanus salvator (Laurenti 1768)
Varanus samarensis Koch, Gaulke & Böhme 2010
Varanus scalaris Mertens 1941
Varanus semiremex Peters 1869
Varanus semotus Weijola, Donnellan & Lindqvist 2016
Varanus similis Mertens 1958
Varanus sparnus Doughty, Kealley, Fitch & Donnellan 2014
Varanus spenceri Lucas & Frost 1903
Varanus spinulosus Mertens 1941
Varanus storri Mertens 1966
Varanus telenesetes Sprackland 1991
Varanus timorensis Gray 1831
Varanus togianus (Peters 1872)
Varanus tristis Schlegel 1839
Varanus varius (White 1790)
Varanus yemenensis Böhme, Joger & Schätti 1989
Varanus yuwonoi Harvey & Barker 1998
Varanus zugorum Böhme & Ziegler 2005

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Squamata
Platynota
Varanidae
Varanus
Varanus brevicauda Boulenger 1898 (this page)
Varanus acanthurus Boulenger 1885
Varanus albigularis Daudin 1802
Varanus auffenbergi Sprackland 1999
Varanus bangonorum Welton, Travers, Siler & Brown 2014
Varanus baritji King & Horner 1987
Varanus beccarii (Doria 1874)
Varanus bengalensis (Daudin 1802)
Varanus bennetti Weijola, Vahtera, Koch, Schmitz & Kraus 2020
Varanus bitatawa Welton, Siler, Bennett, Diesmos, Ruya, Dugay, Rico, Van Weerd & Brown 2010
Varanus boehmei Jacobs 2003
Varanus bogerti Mertens 1950
Varanus bushi Aplin, Fitch & King 2006
Varanus caerulivirens Ziegler, Böhme & Philipp 1999
Varanus caudolineatus Boulenger 1885
Varanus cerambonensis Philipp, Böhme & Ziegler 1999
Varanus colei Böhme, Jacobs, Koppetsch & Schmitz 2019
Varanus cumingi Martin 1839
Varanus dalubhasa Welton, Travers, Siler & Brown 2014
Varanus doreanus (Meyer 1874)
Varanus douarrha (Lesson 1830)
Varanus dumerilii Schlegel 1839
Varanus eremius Lucas & Frost 1895
Varanus exanthematicus (Bosc 1792)
Varanus finschi Böhme, Horn & Ziegler 1994
Varanus flavescens (Hardwicke & Gray 1827)
Varanus giganteus (Gray 1845)
Varanus gilleni Lucas & Frost 1895
Varanus glauerti Mertens 1957
Varanus glebopalma Mitchell 1955
Varanus gouldii (Gray 1838)
Varanus griseus (Daudin 1803)
Varanus hamersleyensis Maryan, Oliver, Fitch & O'Connell 2014
Varanus indicus (Daudin 1802)
Varanus jobiensis Ahl 1932
Varanus juxtindicus Böhme, Philipp & Ziegler 2002
Varanus keithhornei Wells & Wellington 1985
Varanus kingorum Storr 1980
Varanus komodoensis Ouwens 1912
Varanus kordensis (Meyer 1874)
Varanus lirungensis Koch, Arida, Schmitz, Böhme & Ziegler 2009
Varanus mabitang Gaulke & Curio 2001
Varanus macraei Böhme & Jacobs 2001
Varanus marmoratus (Wiegmann 1834)
Varanus melinus Böhme & Ziegler 1997
Varanus mertensi Glauert 1951
Varanus mitchelli Mertens 1958
Varanus nebulosus (Gray 1831)
Varanus nesterovi Böhme, Ehrlich, Milto, Orlov & Scholz 2015
Varanus niloticus (Linnaeus 1766)
Varanus nuchalis (Günther 1872)
Varanus obor Weijola & Sweet 2010
Varanus olivaceus Hallowell 1857
Varanus palawanensis Koch, Gaulke & Böhme 2010
Varanus panoptes Storr 1980
Varanus pilbarensis Storr 1980
Varanus prasinus (Schlegel 1839)
Varanus primordius Mertens 1942
Varanus rainerguentheri Ziegler, Böhme & Schmitz 2007
Varanus rasmusseni Koch, Gaulke & Böhme 2010
Varanus reisingeri Eidenmüller & Wicker 2005
Varanus rosenbergi Mertens 1957
Varanus rudicollis (Gray 1845)
Varanus salvadorii (Peters & Doria 1878)
Varanus salvator (Laurenti 1768)
Varanus samarensis Koch, Gaulke & Böhme 2010
Varanus scalaris Mertens 1941
Varanus semiremex Peters 1869
Varanus semotus Weijola, Donnellan & Lindqvist 2016
Varanus similis Mertens 1958
Varanus sparnus Doughty, Kealley, Fitch & Donnellan 2014
Varanus spenceri Lucas & Frost 1903
Varanus spinulosus Mertens 1941
Varanus storri Mertens 1966
Varanus telenesetes Sprackland 1991
Varanus timorensis (Gray 1831)
Varanus togianus (Peters 1872)
Varanus tristis Schlegel 1839
Varanus tsukamotoi (Kishida 1929)
Varanus varius (Shaw 1790)
Varanus yemenensis Böhme, Joger & Schätti 1989
Varanus yuwonoi Harvey & Barker 1998
Varanus zugorum Böhme & Ziegler 2005

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2 - Test

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Osteichthyes
Sarcopterygii
Tetrapoda
Amniota
Reptilia
Diapsida
Lepidosauromorpha
Lepidosauria
Squamata
Anguimorpha
Varanidae
Varanus Merrem 1820
Varanus brevicauda Boulenger 1898 (this page)
Varanus acanthurus Boulenger 1885
Varanus albigularis Daudin 1802
Varanus auffenbergi Sprackland 1999
Varanus bangonorum Welton, Travers, Siler & Brown 2014
Varanus baritji King & Horner 1987
Varanus beccarii (Doria 1874)
Varanus bengalensis (Daudin 1802)
Varanus bitatawa Welton, Siler, Bennett, Diesmos, Ruya, Dugay, Rico, Van Weerd & Brown 2010
Varanus boehmei Jacobs 2003
Varanus bogerti Mertens 1950
Varanus bushi Aplin, Fitch & King 2006
Varanus caerulivirens Ziegler, Böhme & Philipp 1999
Varanus caudolineatus Boulenger 1885
Varanus cerambonensis Philipp, Böhme & Ziegler 1999
Varanus cumingi Martin 1839
Varanus dalubhasa Welton, Travers, Siler & Brown 2014
Varanus doreanus (Meyer 1874)
Varanus douarrha (Lesson 1830)
Varanus dumerilii Schlegel 1839
Varanus eremius Lucas & Frost 1895
Varanus exanthematicus (Bosc 1792)
Varanus finschi Böhme, Horn & Ziegler 1994
Varanus flavescens (Hardwicke & Gray 1827)
Varanus giganteus (Gray 1845)
Varanus gilleni Lucas & Frost 1895
Varanus glauerti Mertens 1957
Varanus glebopalma Mitchell 1955
Varanus gouldii Gray 1838
Varanus griseus (Daudin 1803)
Varanus hamersleyensis Maryan, Oliver & Fitch
Varanus indicus (Daudin 1802)
Varanus jobiensis Ahl 1932
Varanus juxtindicus Böhme, Philipp & Ziegler 2002
Varanus keithhornei Wells & Wellington 1985
Varanus kingorum Storr 1980
Varanus komodoensis Ouwens 1912
Varanus kordensis (Meyer 1874)
Varanus lirungensis Koch, Arida, Schmitz, Böhme & Ziegler 2009
Varanus mabitang Gaulke & Curio 2001
Varanus macraei Böhme & Jacobs 2001
Varanus marathonensis Weithofer 1888
Varanus marmoratus (Wiegmann 1834)
Varanus melinus Böhme & Ziegler 1997
Varanus mertensi Glauert 1951
Varanus mitchelli Mertens 1958
Varanus mokrensis Ivanov et al. 2018
Varanus nebulosus (Gray 1831)
Varanus nesterovi Böhme, Ehrlich, Milto, Orlov & Scholz 2015
Varanus niloticus (Linnaeus 1766)
Varanus nuchalis (Günther 1872)
Varanus obor Weijola & Sweet 2010
Varanus olivaceus Hallowell 1857
Varanus palawanensis Koch, Gaulke & Böhme 2010
Varanus panoptes Storr 1980
Varanus pilbarensis Storr 1980
Varanus prasinus (Schlegel 1839)
Varanus primordius Mertens 1942
Varanus prisca (Owen 1859)
Varanus rainerguentheri Ziegler, Böhme & Schmitz 2007
Varanus rasmusseni Koch, Gaulke & Böhme 2010
Varanus reisingeri Eidenmüller & Wicker 2005
Varanus rosenbergi Mertens 1957
Varanus rudicollis (Gray 1845)
Varanus rusingensis Clos 1995
Varanus salvadorii (Peters & Doria 1878)
Varanus salvator (Laurenti 1768)
Varanus samarensis Koch, Gaulke & Böhme 2010
Varanus scalaris Mertens 1941
Varanus semiremex Peters 1869
Varanus semotus Weijola, Donnellan & Lindqvist 2016
Varanus similis Mertens 1958
Varanus sparnus Doughty, Kealley, Fitch & Donnellan 2014
Varanus spenceri Lucas & Frost 1903
Varanus spinulosus Mertens 1941
Varanus storri Mertens 1966
Varanus telenesetes Sprackland 1991
Varanus timorensis Gray 1831
Varanus togianus (Peters 1872)
Varanus tristis Schlegel 1839
Varanus varius (White 1790)
Varanus yemenensis Böhme, Joger & Schätti 1989
Varanus yuwonoi Harvey & Barker 1998
Varanus zugorum Böhme & Ziegler 2005

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Tetrapoda
Reptilia Laurenti 1768
Squamata Oppel 1811
Autarchoglossa
Varanidae
Varanus Merrem 1820
Varanus brevicauda Boulenger 1898 (this page)
Varanus acanthurus Boulenger 1885
Varanus albigularis (Daudin 1802)
Varanus auffenbergi Sprackland 1999
Varanus bangonorum Welton, Travers, Siler & Brown 2014
Varanus beccarii (Doria 1874)
Varanus bengalensis (Daudin 1802)
Varanus bennetti Weijola, Vahtera, Koch, Schmitz & Kraus 2020
Varanus bitatawa Welton, Siler, Bennett, Diesmos, Duya, Dugay, Rico, Van Weerd & R. M. Brown 2010
Varanus boehmei Jacobs 2003
Varanus bogerti Mertens 1950
Varanus bushi Aplin, Fitch & King 2006
Varanus caerulivirens Ziegler, Böhme & Philipp 1999
Varanus caudolineatus Boulenger 1885
Varanus cerambonensis Philipp, Böhme & Ziegler 1999
Varanus citrinus Pavón-Vázquez, Esquerré, Fitch, Maryan, Doughty, Donnellan & Keogh 2022
Varanus colei Böhme, Jacobs, Koppetsch & Schmitz 2019
Varanus cumingi Martin 1839
Varanus dalubhasa Welton, Travers, Siler & Brown 2014
Varanus doreanus (Meyer 1874)
Varanus douarrha (Lesson 1830)
Varanus dumerilii (Schlegel 1839)
Varanus eremius Lucas & Frost 1895
Varanus exanthematicus (Bosc 1792)
Varanus finschi Böhme, Horn & Ziegler 1994
Varanus flavescens (Hardwicke & Gray 1827)
Varanus giganteus (Gray 1845)
Varanus gilleni Lucas & Frost 1895
Varanus glauerti Mertens 1957
Varanus glebopalma Mitchell 1955
Varanus gouldii (Gray 1838)
Varanus griseus (Daudin 1803)
Varanus hamersleyensis Maryan, Oliver, Fitch & O'Connell 2014
Varanus indicus (Daudin 1802)
Varanus insulanicus Mertens 1958
Varanus jobiensis Ahl 1932
Varanus juxtindicus Böhme, Philipp & Ziegler 2002
Varanus keithhornei Wells & Wellington 1985
Varanus kingorum Storr 1980
Varanus komodoensis Ouwens 1912
Varanus kordensis (Meyer 1874)
Varanus lirungensis Koch, Arida, Schmitz, Böhme & Ziegler 2009
Varanus mabitang Gaulke & Curio 2001
Varanus macraei Böhme & Jacobs 2001
Varanus marmoratus (Wiegmann 1834)
Varanus melinus Böhme & Ziegler 1997
Varanus mertensi Glauert 1951
Varanus mitchelli Mertens 1958
Varanus nebulosus (Gray 1831)
Varanus nesterovi Böhme, Ehrlich, Milto, Orlov & Scholz 2015
Varanus niloticus (Linnaeus 1766)
Varanus nuchalis (Günther 1872)
Varanus obor Weijola & Sweet 2010
Varanus ocreatus Storr 1980
Varanus olivaceus Hallowell 1857
Varanus palawanensis Koch, Gaulke & Böhme 2010
Varanus panoptes Storr 1980
Varanus pilbarensis Storr 1980
Varanus prasinus (Schlegel 1839)
Varanus primordius Mertens 1942
Varanus rainerguentheri Ziegler, Böhme & Schmitz 2007
Varanus rasmusseni Koch, Gaulke & Böhme 2010
Varanus reisingeri Eidenmüller & Wicker 2005
Varanus rosenbergi Mertens 1957
Varanus rudicollis Gray 1845
Varanus salvadorii (Peters & Doria 1878)
Varanus salvator (Laurenti 1768)
Varanus samarensis Koch, Gaulke & Böhme 2010
Varanus scalaris Mertens 1941
Varanus semiremex Peters 1869
Varanus semotus Weijola, Donnellan & Lindquist 2016
Varanus similis Mertens 1958
Varanus sparnus Doughty, Kealley, Fitch & Donnellan 2014
Varanus spenceri Lucas & Frost 1903
Varanus spinulosus Mertens 1941
Varanus storri Mertens 1966
Varanus telenesetes Sprackland 1991
Varanus timorensis (Gray 1831)
Varanus togianus (Peters 1872)
Varanus tristis (Schlegel 1839)
Varanus tsukamotoi Kishida 1929
Varanus varius (Shaw ex White 1790)
Varanus yemenensis Böhme, Joger & Schätti 1989
Varanus yuwonoi Harvey & Barker 1998
Varanus zugorum Böhme & Ziegler 2005
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