Species profile—Varanus scalaris (spotted tree monitor)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Varanidae (goannas or monitors) → Varanus scalaris (spotted tree monitor)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Varanidae (goannas or monitors)
- Scientific name
- Varanus scalaris Mertens, 1941
- Common name
- spotted tree monitor
- Type reference
- Mertens, R. 1941. Zwei neue Warane des Australischen Farnengebietes. Senckenbergiana. 23 (4/6):266-272
- WildNet taxon ID
- 69
- Synonym(s)
- Varanus timorensis
Monitori timorensis
Varanus timorensis scalaris
Odatria timorensis
Varanus timorensis similis
Varanus similis
Varanus pellewensis - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=69.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
