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30 April 2020 Opinion 2451 (Case 3676) – Tupinambis indicus Daudin, 1802 (currently Varanus indicus; Reptilia, Squamata): specific name conserved
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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 chlorostigmaGray, 1831 by replacing the neotype specimen of Tupinambis indicusDaudin, 1802 with a new neotype that belongs to the original taxonomic species involved.

"Opinion 2451 (Case 3676) – Tupinambis indicus Daudin, 1802 (currently Varanus indicus; Reptilia, Squamata): specific name conserved," The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 77(1), 57-58, (30 April 2020). https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v77.a017
Published: 30 April 2020
KEYWORDS
Ambon
Moluccas
neotype
New Guinea
nomenclature
Ravak
Southwestern Pacific
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