Global InformationVaranus kordensis information
| Varanus kordensis | |
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| Photo of a young captive Kordo feeding showing the unique lace pattern | |
Conservation status
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 Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Varanidae |
| Genus: | Varanus |
| Subgenus: | Hapturosaurus |
| Species: | V. kordensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Varanus kordensis (A.B. Meyer, 1874) [2][3]
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Varanus kordensis, the Biak tree monitor, is a member of the Varanidae family found on Biak Island in Indonesia.[3] It is also known as the Kordo tree monitor.[4] Long considered a subspecies of the emerald tree monitor (V. prasinus), most authorities now treat it as a separate species.[5][6][7]
- ^ Shea, G.; Allison, A.; Tallowin, O. (2016). "Varanus kordensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T42485718A42485725. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ EOL.org
- ^ a b "Monitor-lizards.net". Archived from the original on 2010-05-19. Retrieved 2010-05-19.
- ^ Biolib.cz
- ^ Böhme, W. and & H.J. Jacobs (2001). Varanus macraei sp. n., eine neue Waranart der V. prasinus-Gruppe aus West Irian, Indonesien. Herpetofauna, Weinstadt 23(133): 5-10.
- ^ Ziegler, T., A. Schmitz, A. Koch and W. Böhme (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: 1-28
- ^ Jacons, H. (2004) in Pianka, E. R., D. King, and R. A. King (editors). Varanoid Lizards of the World. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-34366-6