Dumeril's Monitor

About the Dumeril's Monitor

Dumeril's monitor (Varanus dumerilii), also known as the brown rough-necked monitor, is a species of lizard in the family Varanidae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia. The specific name, dumerilii, is in honour of French zoologist André Marie Constant Duméril.

In Thailand, V. dumerilii is known by the common name, túdtū̀ (ตุ๊ดตู่), which is an animal that appeared in children's folk songs. Varanus dumerilii is a species of monitor lizard within the subgenus Empagusia. Two subspecies have been historically described: Varanus dumerilii dumerilii (Schlegel, 1839)

Varanus dumerilii heteropholis Boulenger, 1892 In 1892, the species V. heteropholis was named by Boulenger on the basis of a taxidermied and possibly tanned specimen owned by Charles Hose, collected from Borneo's Mt. Dulit. The same taxonomic label was attached to two additional specimens from the same locality. In 1942, Mertens listed it instead as V. d. heteropholis, as a subspecies of V. dumerilii.

In 1993, Sprackland classified V. d. heteropholis as a synonym of V. d. dumerilii, after examining specimens including the holotypes of both... Wikipedia →