The golden-spotted tree monitor (Varanus boehmei), also known commonly as the golden speckled tree monitor, is a species of monitor lizard in the family Varanidae. The species is endemic to Waigeo Island in Indonesia.
Etymology
The specific name, boehmei, is in honor of German herpetologist .
Geographic range and habitat
V. boehmei is native to the forests of Waigeo, Indonesia.
Behavior
The golden-spotted tree monitor has a prehensile tail, and it spends most of its life in trees.
Description
V. boehmei grows to around in total length (including tail).
Reproduction
V. boehmei is oviparous.
References
Further reading
- Bucklitsch Y, , Koch A (2016). "Scale Morphology and Micro-Structure of Monitor Lizards (Squamata: Varanidae: Varanus spp.) and their Allies: Implications for Systematics, Ecology, and Conservation". Zootaxa 4153: 001âÂÂ192.
- Jacobs HJ (2003). "A further new emerald tree monitor lizard of the Varanus prasinus species group from Waigeo, West Irian (Squamata: Sauria: Varanidae)". Salamandra 39 (2): 65âÂÂ74. (Varanus boehmei, new species).
- , , Koch A, Böhme W (2007). "A review of the subgenus Euprepiosaurus of Varanus (Squamata: Varanidae): morphological and molecular phylogeny, distribution and zoogeography, with an identification key for the members of the V. indicus and the V. prasinus species groups". Zootaxa 1472: 1âÂÂ28.