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Varanoid Lizards of the World

By Eric R. Pianka; Dennis King; Ruth Allen King

Book information

Publisher
Indiana University Press
Year
2004
ISBN
0253343666, 9780253343666
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
94 MB (99040996 bytes)
Pages
588\641
Time added
2020-04-04 12:39:44

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The large and impressive monitor lizard (genus Varanus) has attracted a great deal of interest. Despite being wary and difficult to observe, monitors have received an extraordinary amount of attention from devoted students. Varanoid Lizards of the World is a comprehensive account of virtually everything important that is known about monitor lizards, beginning with detailed species accounts and proceeding to various modern comparative analyses. Where possible, people who have had detailed field experience with a particular species have assembled the species accounts. In the process of reporting what is known, the book also identifies what remains to be learned about these lizards. This volume stands as a model for showing how such a diverse monophyletic group can be exploited both to identify and to understand the actual course of evolution. Cover Varanoid Lizards of the World Title Copyright Dedication CONTENTS List of Contributors Acknowledgments Part I 1. Introduction 2. The Long and Honorable History of Monitors and Their Kin 3. Biogeography and Phylogeny of Varanoids 4. Tempo and Timing of the Australian Varanus Radiation Part II Introduction to Part II: Species Accounts 5. African Varanid Species 5.1. Varanus albigularis 5.2. Varanus exanthematicus 5.3. Varanus griseus 5.4. Varanus niloticus 5.5. Varanus ornatus 5.6. Varanus yemenensis 6. Asian Varanid Species 6.1. Varanus bengalensis 6.2. Varanus caerulivirens 6.3. Varanus cerambonensis 6.4. Varanus doreanus 6.5. Varanus dumerilii 6.6. Varanus finschi 6.7. Varanus flavescens 6.8. Varanus indicus 6.9. Varanus jobiensis 6.10. Varanus juxtindicus 6.11. Varanus komodoensis 6.12. Varanus kordensis 6.13. Varanus mabitang 6.14. Varanus macraei 6.15. Varanus melinus 6.16. Varanus olivaceus 6.17. Varanus prasinus 6.18. Varanus rudicollis 6.19. Varanus salvadorii 6.20. Varanus salvator (Nominate Form) 6.21. Varanus salvator (Subspecies) 6.22. Varanus spinulosus 6.23. Varanus timorensis 6.24. Varanus yuwonoi 7. Australian Varanid Species 7.1. Varanus acanthurus 7.2. Varanus baritji 7.3. Varanus brevicauda 7.4. Varanus caudolineatus 7.5. Varanus eremius 7.6. Varanus giganteus 7.7. Varanus gilleni 7.8. Varanus glauerti 7.9. Varanus glebopalma 7.10. Varanus gouldii 7.11. Varanus keithhornei 7.12. Varanus kingorum 7.13. Varanus mertensi 7.14. Varanus mitchelli 7.15. Varanus panoptes 7.16. Varanus pilbarensis 7.17. Varanus primordius 7.18. Varanus rosenbergi 7.19. Varanus scalaris 7.20. Varanus semiremex 7.21. Varanus spenceri 7.22. Varanus storri 7.23. Varanus tristis 7.24. Varanus varius 8. Other Varanaids 8.1. Overview of the Family Helodermatidae for Varanophiles 8.2. Heloderma horridum 8.3. Heloderma suspectum 8.4. Lanthanotus borneensis 8.5. Estesia mongoliensis Part III 9. Evolution of Body Size and Reproductive Tactics 10. Keeping Monitors in Captivity: A Biological, Technical, and Legislative Problem Glossary Index

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