Bogert's monitor

Bogert's monitor (Varanus bogerti) is a species of tree-dwelling monitor lizard. The species is native to Papua New Guinea.^[1]

Bogert's monitor
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Sarcopterygii
Clade:	Tetrapodomorpha
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Family:	Varanidae
Genus:	Varanus
Subgenus:	Hapturosaurus
Species:	V. bogerti
Binomial name
Varanus bogerti Mertens, 1950
Synonyms[2]
Varanus prasinus bogerti Mertens, 1950 Varanus bogerti — Sprackland, 1991 Varanus (Euprepiosaurus) bogerti — Ziegler et al., 2007 Varanus (Hapturosaurus) bogerti — Bucklitsch et al., 2016

Taxonomy

This species was found to clade inside V. prasinus (emerald tree monitor), making V. prasinus a paraphyletic species. This indicates that V. prasinus may actually be composed of multiple species, although the paraphyly may instead be a result of introgression or incomplete lineage sorting.^[3]

Etymology

Both the specific name, bogerti, and the common name, Bogert's monitor, are in honor of American herpetologist Charles Mitchill Bogert.^[4]

Geographic range

V. bogerti is found on the D'Entrecasteaux Islands and the Trobriand Islands of Papua New Guinea.^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of V. bogerti is forest at altitudes from sea level to 400 m (1,300 ft).^[1]

Reproduction

V. bogerti is an oviparous species.^[2]