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
- Back on Track (BoT) status
- Low
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://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.
