Varanus reisingeri

Varanus reisingeri, known commonly as Reisinger's tree monitor and the Yellow tree monitor, is a species of monitor lizard in the family Varanidae. The species is endemic to Indonesia. It was at one point at least considered an allopatric insular subspecies of the green tree monitor, due to physical and genetic similarities.

Varanus reisingeri
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: Hapturosaurus
Species:
V. reisingeri
Binomial name
Varanus reisingeri
Eidenmüller & Wicker, 2005
Synonyms
  • Varanus reisingeri
    Eidenmüller & Wicker, 2005
  • Varanus (Euprepiosaurus) reisingeri
    Ziegler et al. 2007
  • Varanus (Euprepiosaurus) prasinus reisingeri
    Bucklitsch et al., 2016
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