Spencer's monitor lizard [1] ( lat. Varanus spenceri ) is a species of lizards from the monitor family . Named in honor of the Anglo-Australian zoologist Walter Baldwin Spencer (1860-1929).
| Spencer's monitor lizard |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Infraclass : | Lepidosauromorphs |
| Infrastructure : | Platynota |
| View: | Spencer's monitor lizard |
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| International scientific name |
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Varanus spenceri Lucas & Frost , 1903 |
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Body length up to 1.2 m. The upper part of the body is most often light gray-brown with dark brown and cream spots. The underside of the body is creamy with brown or gray spots. The tail is rather round in cross section at the base, and in the rear part it is laterally compressed and has a medial crest.
Inhabits northwest Queensland in Australia .
- ↑ Ananyeva N. B. , Borkin L. Ya. , Darevsky I.S. , Orlov N.L. The five-language dictionary of animal names. Amphibians and reptiles. Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / edited by Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. Yaz., 1988 .-- S. 269. - 10,500 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00232-X .
- Darevsky I.S. , Orlov N.L. Rare and endangered animals. Amphibians and reptiles: Ref. allowance / ed. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Higher school, 1988. - S. 292. - 463 p., [16] p. silt - 100,000 copies. - ISBN 5-06-001429-0 .
