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Case 3676

Overview

Case 3676: Tupinambis indicus Daudin, 1802 (currently Varanus indicus; Reptilia, Squamata): proposed conservation of usage of the specific name by replacement of the neotype

Status of Case:	Resolved (Opinion Issued)
Date Published:	06/2015
Authors:	Weijola, V.
Volume and Issue:	72/2
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Keywords:	Nomenclature, taxonomy, Varanidae, Varanus chlorostigma, neotype, southwestern Pacific, Moluccas, Ambon, Ravak, New Guinea
Taxonomic Group(s):	Reptilia, Squamata
Abstract:	The purpose of this application, under Article 75.6 of the Code, is to designate a new neotype for the mangrove monitor Varanus indicus (Daudin, 1802), which is endemic to the Moluccan islands of Indonesia. The recent choice of an unrepresentative specimen to serve as neotype for this nominal species has resulted in a shift of the specific name to a different species of Varanus, V. chlorostigma (Gray, 1831) from New Guinea and surrounding islands, and the recognition of an unnecessary taxon, V. cerambonensis Philipp, Bohme & Zeigler, 1999, on Ambon, Seram and Buru in the Moluccas. To conserve the name indicus in its original usage and to avoid further taxonomic confusion, it is proposed that the current neotype specimen be replaced by a new one that belongs to the original taxonomic species involved, thereby reducing V. cerambonensis to a junior subjective synonym of V. indicus and also conserving V. chlorostigma in its accustomed use as the valid name for the New Guinean species.
Full Text:	https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v72i2.a12
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Comments

Comment 3676-1: Comment on the proposed conservation of Tupinambus indicus Daudin, 1832 (currently Varanus indicus; Reptilia, Squamata) by replacement of the neotype

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Date Published:	03/2016
Authors:	Böhme, W., Koch, A., Ziegler, T.
Volume and Issue:	73/1
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Full Text:	https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v73i1.a12
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Comment 3676-2: On the proposed conservation of Tupinambus indicus Daudin, 1802 by replacement of the neotype

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Date Published:	03/2017
Authors:	Bennett, D.
Volume and Issue:	73/
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Full Text:	https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v73i2.a7
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Comment 3676-3: Response to a comment on the proposed conservation of Tupinambus indicus Daudin, 1802 by replacement of the neotype

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Date Published:	03/2017
Authors:	Sweet, S. S.
Volume and Issue:	73/
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Full Text:	https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v73i2.a8
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Opinions

Opinion 2451: Tupinambis indicus Daudin, 1802 (currently Varanus indicus; Reptilia, Squamata): specific name conserved

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Date Published:	04/2020
Authors:	ICZN
Volume and Issue:	77/
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Keywords:	Nomenclature, taxonomy, Varanidae, Varanus chlorostigma, neotype, southwestern Pacific, Moluccas, Ambon, Ravak, New Guinea
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Abstract:	The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature has used its plenary power to conserve the accustomed usage of the specific names of Varanus indicus (Daudin, 1802) and Varanus chlorostigma Gray, 1831 by replacing the neotype specimen of Tupinambis indices Daudin, 1802 with a new neotype that belongs to the original taxonomic species involved.
Full Text:	https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v77.a017
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