Varanus bogerti
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REPTILIA: SQUAMATA: VARANIDAE: Varanus

Varanus bogerti Mertens, 1951

No common name

Photo & text by Dr. Robert Sprackland.

 

Right: preserved specimen at the Natural History Museum, London.

 

Range: Known only from islands in the D'Entrecasteau Islands, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.

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Type Specimen: AMNH 

Literature:  click on book to order a copy.

Sprackland, Robert. 1992. Giant Lizards. TFH Publications. ISBN: 0-86622-634-6.

Sprackland, Robert. 1999. The emerald monitor. Reptile & Amphibian Hobbyist July--4(11): 8-16.