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The golden-spotted tree monitor (Varanus boehmei), also known commonly as the golden speckled tree monitor, is a species of monitor lizard in the family Varanidae. The species is endemic to Waigeo Island in Indonesia.

Etymology

The specific name, boehmei, is in honor of German herpetologist Wolfgang Böhme.[1]

Geographic range and habitat

V. boehmei is native to the forests of Waigeo, Indonesia.

Behavior

The golden-spotted tree monitor has a prehensile tail, and it spends most of its life in trees.[2]

Description

V. boehmei grows to around Шаблон:Convert in total length (including tail).[2]

Reproduction

V. boehmei is oviparous.[3]

References

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Further reading

  • Bucklitsch Y, Böhme W, Koch A (2016). "Scale Morphology and Micro-Structure of Monitor Lizards (Squamata: Varanidae: Varanus spp.) and their Allies: Implications for Systematics, Ecology, and Conservation". Zootaxa 4153: 001–192.
  • Jacobs HJ (2003). "A further new emerald tree monitor lizard of the Varanus prasinus species group from Waigeo, West Irian (Squamata: Sauria: Varanidae)". Salamandra 39 (2): 65–74. (Varanus boehmei, new species).
  • Ziegler T, Schmitz A, Koch A, Böhme W (2007). "A review of the subgenus Euprepiosaurus of Varanus (Squamata: Varanidae): morphological and molecular phylogeny, distribution and zoogeography, with an identification key for the members of the V. indicus and the V. prasinus species groups". Zootaxa 1472: 1–28.


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  1. Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. Шаблон:ISBN. (Varanus boehmei, p. 30).
  2. 2,0 2,1 Шаблон:Cite web
  3. Шаблон:EMBL species www.reptile-database.org.