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Pilbara monitor
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<h2 id="etymology">Etymology</h2> <p>The <a href="/facts/Specific_name_(zoology)/RuH34bxb">specific name</a>, <i>bushi</i>, is in honor of Australian <a href="/facts/Naturalist/pSlAvbTX">naturalist</a> and <a href="/facts/Herpetology/41JyLR79">herpetologist</a> Brian Gordon Bush (born 1947).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="taxonomy">Taxonomy</h2> <p><i>V. bushi</i> belongs to the <a href="/facts/Subgenus/csbIQaGC">subgenus</a> <i>Odatria</i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="description">Description</h2> <p><i>V. bushi</i> is most similar to the <a href="/facts/Stripe-tailed_goanna/6xIIKrhJ">stripe-tailed goanna</a> (<i>V. caudolineatus</i>) and the <a href="/facts/Pygmy_Mulga_goanna/JoEnC3VA">pygmy mulga goanna</a> (<i>V. gilleni)</i> of all monitor lizards. However, the Pilbara monitor can be distinguished from these other two species by some <a href="/facts/Morphology_(biology)/Nl3B0myy">morphological</a> and <a href="/facts/Genetics/bu8wne0A">genetic</a> differences.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="geographic-range">Geographic range</h2> <p>The Pilbara monitor inhabits the <a href="/facts/Pilbara/PxYV8yYS">Pilbara</a> region of <a href="/facts/Western_Australia/1ouCbwNh">Western Australia</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="habitat">Habitat</h2> <p>The preferred natural <a href="/facts/Habitat/zo1DN2gA">habitats</a> of <i>V. bushi</i> are <a href="/facts/Desert/Mknp4bXq">desert</a> and <a href="/facts/Savanna/M0tPdd1l">savanna</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="behaviour">Behaviour</h2> <p>Details about the behaviour of <i>V. bushi</i> are relatively unknown. However, it is known to be <a href="/facts/Arboreal_locomotion/6C5AeQ2y">arboreal</a> and to shelter in bark crevices, in hollow trees, and under fallen logs.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="reproduction">Reproduction</h2> <p><i>V. bushi</i> is <a href="/facts/Oviparity/oSgSIVHY">oviparous</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li>Aplin KP, Fitch AJ, King DJ (2006)."A new species of <i>Varanus</i> Merrem (Squamata: Varanidae) from the Pilbara region of Western Australia, with observations on sexual dimorphism in closely related species". <i>Zootaxa</i> 1313: 1–38. (<i>Varanus bushi</i>, new species).</li> <li><a href="/facts/Harold_Cogger/je5PvM6U">Cogger HG</a> (2014). <i>Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition</i>. Clayton, Victoria, Australia: CSIRO Publishing. xxx + 1,033 pp. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0643100350.</li> <li>Eidenmüller B (2007). "Small monitors in the terrarium". <i>Reptilia</i> (GB) (50): 12–19.</li> <li>King, Ruth Allen; <a href="/facts/Eric_Pianka/3burwMpN">Pianka, Eric R.</a>; King, Dennis (2004). <i>Varanoid Lizards of the World</i>. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. pp. 225–229. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-253-34366-6.</li> <li>King, Dennis; Green, Brian (1999). <i>Goannas: The Biology of Varanid Lizards</i>. University of New South Wales Press. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-86840-456-X.</li> <li>Wilson, Steve; Swan, Gerry (2013). <i>A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fourth Edition</i>. Sydney: New Holland Publishers. 522 pp. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-1921517280.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.arod.com.au/arod/reptilia/Squamata/Varanidae/Varanus/bushi">Photo at AROD.com.au</a> (Retrieved 12 February 2010).</li> <li><a href="http://www.australianreptileguide.com/bush_s_monitor">Range map at Australianreptileguide.com</a> (Retrieved 12 August 2010).</li> <li><a href="http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species.php?genus=Varanus&species=bushi">"<i>Varanus bushi</i> ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile database.org.</a> (Retrieved 13 February 2010).</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Varanus bushi, p. 44). <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Koch, André; Auliya, Mark; Ziegler, Thomas (2010). "Updated checklist of the living monitor lizards of the world (Squamata: Varanidae)". Bonn Zoological Bulletin 57 (2): 127–136. <a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Koch" target="_blank">https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Koch</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>JCVI.org (Retrieved 11 February 2010).[dead link] <a href="http://jcvi.org/reptiles/species.php?genus=Varanus&species=bushi" target="_blank">http://jcvi.org/reptiles/species.php?genus=Varanus&species=bushi</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Wilson, S.; Macdonald, S.M.; Teale, R.; Doughty, P. (2018). "Varanus bushi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T83777426A83928558. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T83777426A83928558.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021. <a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Steve_K._Wilson" target="_blank">https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Steve_K._Wilson</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Wilson, S.; Macdonald, S.M.; Teale, R.; Doughty, P. (2018). "Varanus bushi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T83777426A83928558. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T83777426A83928558.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021. <a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Steve_K._Wilson" target="_blank">https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Steve_K._Wilson</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Wilson, S.; Macdonald, S.M.; Teale, R.; Doughty, P. (2018). "Varanus bushi ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T83777426A83928558. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T83777426A83928558.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021. <a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Steve_K._Wilson" target="_blank">https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Steve_K._Wilson</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Varanus bushi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org. <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>