Golden-spotted tree monitor

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| name = Golden-spotted tree monitor

| image = Varanus-boehmei.jpg

| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Allison, A. |author2=Shea, G. |author3=Tallowin, O. |date=2016 |title=Varanus boehmei |volume=2016 |page=e.T178267A21646951 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T178267A21646951.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

| genus = Varanus

| parent = Varanus (Hapturosaurus)

| species = boehmei

| authority = Jacobs, 2003

| synonyms = *Varanus boehmei
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Varanus (Euprepiosaurus) boehmei
{{small|— Ziegler et al., 2007}}
Varanus (Hapturosaurus) boehmei
{{small|— Bucklitsch et al., 2016}}

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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 Wolfgang Böhme.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. (Varanus boehmei, p. 30).

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.monitor-lizards.net/species/euprepiosaurus/boehmei.html |title=Varanus boehmei at Monitor-lizards.net |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100519024058/http://www.monitor-lizards.net/species/euprepiosaurus/boehmei.html |archivedate=2010-05-19 }}

Description

V. boehmei grows to around {{convert|1|m|ft|abbr=on}} in total length (including tail).

Reproduction

V. boehmei is oviparous.{{EMBL species|genus=Varanus|species=boehmei}} www.reptile-database.org.