Golden-spotted tree monitor | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Varanidae |
Genus: | Varanus |
Subgenus: | Hapturosaurus |
Species: | V. boehmei
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Binomial name | |
Varanus boehmei
Jacobs, 2003
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Synonyms [2] | |
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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.
The specific name, boehmei, is in honor of German herpetologist Wolfgang Böhme. [3]
V. boehmei is native to the forests of Waigeo, Indonesia.
The golden-spotted tree monitor has a prehensile tail, and it spends most of its life in trees. [4]
V. boehmei grows to around 1 m (3.3 ft) in total length (including tail). [4]