Varanus caudolineatus

Aplin, Kenneth P., Fitch, Alison J. & King, Dennis J., 2006, A new species of Varanus Merrem (Squamata: Varanidae) from the Pilbara region of Western Australia, with observations on sexual dimorphism in closely related species, Zootaxa 1313, pp. 1-38 : 35-38

Varanus caudolineatus

Males: R330 – 331, R10812 Quinns 27°04’S 118°38’E; R1191 Warriedar, via Yalgoo 29°08’S 117°11’E; R3415 – 3416 Laverton 28°38’S 122°24’E; R3818 Narloo, via Wurarga 28°19’S 116°11’E; R4732 Gullewa, via Yalgoo 28°39’S 116°19’E; R4933 Murchison Downs 26°48’S 118°39’E; R5048 Marilla 22°58’S 114°28’E; R7378 Belele, via Meekatharra 26°22’S 117°38’E; R8168 Warroora 23°29’S 113°48’E; R10611 Minilya 23°51’S 113°58’E; R13362, 26069 Jiggalong Mission 23°22’S 120°47’E; R14918 11 km S of Cue 27°32’S 117°54’E; R15785 Ejah Paddock, Mileura 26°22’S 117°20’E; R15789 Charlies Creek, Mileura 26°22’S 117°20’E; R19771 Kathleen Valley 27°24’S 120°39’E; R21100 32 km NE of Yelma HS 26°20’S 121°56’E; R21137 24 km SW of Wiluna 26°45’S 120°03’E; R21139 70 km SW of Wiluna 27°03’S 119°43’E; R21150 51 km SW of Sandstone 28°18’S 118°56’E; R22652 Fields Find 29°02’S 117°15’E; R22995 Ajana 27°57’S 114°38’E; R25149 2 Miles SE of Turee Creek 23°38’S 118°40’E; R26320 ‘Greenough’ (probably Eastern Goldfields) 30°45’S 121°30’E; R28028 The Well Spring 25°01’S 121°35’E; R28290 Albion Downs 27°17’S 120°23’E; R28394, 28955 Coordewandy 25°36’S 115°58’E; R30967 – 30968 Albion Downs (within 13 km of HS) 27°17’S 120°23’E; R31381 – 31385 35 km NE of Mingenew 28°58’S 115°42’E; R34563, 39765 Callagiddy, 32 km SE Of Carnarvon 25°03’S 114°02’E; R34685 64 km N of Beacon. 29°53’S 117°52’E; R41793 Kalli, near Cue 26°54’S 117°07’E; R47347 Byro 26°05’S 116°09’E; R48151 5 km NW of Kirkalocka HS 28°32’S 117°43’E; R48152 16 km S of Mt Magnet 28°14’S 117°51’E; R49943 Woodleigh 26°11’S 114°33’E; R49992 Wilroy Reserve, 19 km S of Mullewa 28°44’S 115°30’E; R51092 60 km S of Leonora 29°25’S 121°20’E; R51189 1 km N of Orabanda 30°22’S 121°04’E; R52893, 52894, 52896 Mt Augustus 24°18’S 116°55’E; R54594 15 km E of Hamelin Pool 26°22’S 114°20’E; R54595 Wooramel HS 25°44’S 114°17’E; R57378 Woodleigh 26°11’S 114°33’E; R59607 20 km ENE of Meadow Station HS 26°39’S 114°48’E; R59620 34 km SSE of Nerren Nerren 27°19’S 114°51’E; R60130 Youanmi 28°37’S 118°50’E; R60429 2 km S of Overlander 26°26’S 114°28’E; R60642 13 km W of Mungawolagudi Claypan 26°48’S 115°19’E; R62865 22 km SE of Mt Keith 27°19’S 120°40’E; R64436 Cooloomia HS 26°57’S 114°18’E; R65820 12.0 km ENE of Comet Vale 29°54’25”S 121°14’05”E; R65883 8.3 km SSE of Mt Linden 29°23’20”S 122°28’05”E; R65886 8 km SSE of Mt Linden 29°23’00”S 122°27’30”E; R65961 2.5 km N of Mt Linden 29°18’20”S 122°25’00”E; R69118 18.5 km ENE of Yuinmery HS 28°31’55”S 119°11’35”E; R69315 12.5 km SSE of Banjawarn HS 27°47’55”S 121°40’55”E; R70831 24 km at 333°N from Mt Windarra 28°18’S 122°07’E; R70895 3.5 km at 5°N from Yowie Rockhole 30°26’30”S 122°21’00”E; R71062 Billabong Roadhouse 26°49’S 114°37’E; R72653 – 72654 Comet Vale 29°55’S 121°35’E; R72830 7.75 km SE of Mt Linden 29°22’55”S 122°27’05”E; R72892 7.75 km SSE of Mt Linden 29°22’55”S 122°28’05”E; R73223 2 km at 15°N from Yowie Rockhole 30°27’30”S 122°21’00”E; R73309 5.5 km at 137°N from Black Flag 30°35’30”S 121°16’30”E; R73433 9 km at 190°N from Mt Elvire HS 29°26’30”S 119°35’00”E; R73624 Ophthalmia Range 23°17’S 119°07’E; R74671 18.5 km ENE of Yuinmery 28°31’55”S 119°11’35”E; R78488 7 km NE of Yowie Rockhole 30°25’S 122°22’E; R78545 21 km SE of Mt Keith 27°19’S 120°40’E; R81917 Jibberding 29°51’30”S 116°58’00”E; R81922 White Well, 6 km W of Jibberding 29°53’S 116°55’E; R84443 14 km S of Dromedary Hill 29°11’S 118°24’E; R85239, 85241 Dead Horse Rocks 29°22’S 121°17’E; R87661 13 km SSW of Mt. Phillip HS 24°31’S 116°14’E; R87770 12 km SW of Yinnietharra 24°45’S 116°06’E; R92900 14 km SW of Hamelin HS 26°30’49”S 114°05’44”E; R94715 Agnew 28°01’S 120°31’E; R95287 7 km N of Goolthan Goolthan Hill 28°03’S 116°44’E; R97786 Yoothapinna 26°32’S 118°30’E; R 122622 6 km W of Meedo HS 25°42’38”S 114°35’58”E; R123783 14.5 km W of Pells Creek 25°07’09”S 115°25’36”E; R129980 Mt Joel 27°17’55”S 121°03’15”E; R129984 Mandilla Well 27°31’05”S 121°07’21”E; R131829 Lake Carey 29°10’S 122°21’E; R132181 Bandya Hill area 27°50’S 122°15’E; R132507 Jundee 26°35’59”S 120°47’57”E; R135601 Lake Carey 28°50’49”S 122°18’39”E; R138950 West Angelas 23°11’46”S 118°31’10”E; R 140705 Hope Downs 22°40’25”S 119°24’58”E.

Females: R3423 Laverton 28°38’S 122°24’E; R3903 Well 29.Canning Stock Route 22°33’S 123°53’E; R4934 Murchison Downs 26°48’S 118°59’E; R7379 Belele via Meekatharra 26°22’S 117°38’E; R8167 Warroora 23°29’S 113°48’E; R12407 Kathleen Valley near Lenora 27°24’S 120°39’E; R13711 Overlander Roadhouse 26°24’S 114°28’E; R13857 Cosmo Newbery 28°00’S 122°54’E; R14240 Kalgoorlie 30°44’S 121°28’E; R14917 27 km E of Marillana 22°38’S 119°40’E; R15786 – 15788 Ejah Paddock, Mileura 26°22’S 117°20’E; R17681 Mt Margaret 28°48’S 122°11’E; R19600 Cosmo Newbery Mission 28°00’S 122°54’E; R21138 70 km SW of Wiluna 27°03’S 119°43’E; R21149 35 km N of Sandstone 27°40’S 119°18’E; R21178, 21179, 21181 11 km SW of Youanmi 28°41’S 118°44’E; R22870 Yalgoo 28°21’S 116°41’E; R25883 Ajana 27°57’S 114°38’E; R26068, 26070 Jiggalong, vicinity of Mission 23°22’S 120°47’E; R27231 Kathleen Valley, Wanjarri 27°19’S 120°33’E; R28956 Coordewandy 25°36’S 115°58’E; R29111 32 km S of Mt Magnet 28°21’S 117°51’E; R30969 Albion Downs, within 13 km of HS 27°17’S 120°23’E; R31681 14 km S of Menzies 29°49’S 121°02’E; R34564 Callagiddy, 32 km SE of Carnarvon 25°03’S 114°02’E; R39043 Youanmi 28°37’S 118°50’E; R44529 Woodleigh 26°11’S 114°33’E; R47374 Sandstone 27°59’S 119°18’E; R47793 30 km SE of Bulloo Downs 24°13’S 119°47’E; R49993 Wilroy Reserve, 19 km S of Mullewa 28°44’S 115°30’E; R52895 Mt Augustus 24°19’S 116°55’E; R57377 Woodleigh 26°11’S 114°33’E; R62866 – 62867 21 km SE of Mt Keith 27°18’S 120°40’E; R63655 25 km NW of Winning HS 22°56’S 114°27’E; R69293 9.5 km SSE of Banjawarn HS 27°46’55”S 121°39’45”E; R69295 12.5 km SSE of Banjawarn HS 27°47’55”S 121°40’55”E; R72749 12.25 km ENE of Comet Vale 29°55’25”S 121°14’35”E; R72893 7.75 km SSE of Mt Linden 29°22’55”S 122°28’05”E; R74689 8 km ENE of Yuinmery 28°31’15”S 119°05’30”E; R75858 Coomalbidgup, Lort River 33°43’S 121°22’E; R78546 21 km SE of Mt Keith 27°19’S 120°40’E; R78582 Mt Windarra area 28°29’S 122°14’E; R84028 37 km SE of Ashburton Downs HS 23°38’S 117°18’E; R85240 Dead Horse Rocks 29°22’S 121°17’E; R87637 12 km SW of Yinnetharra HS 24°45’S 116°06’E; R87754 4 km NNE of Mt. Phillip HS 24°23’S 116°19’E; R88098 11 km N of Nerren Nerren HS 27°02’S 114°38’E; R91684 15 km N of Karalunde 26°00’S 118°41’E; R95527 3 km S of Nannowtharra Hill 28°18’S 117°00’E; R 101298 2 km N of Kathleen Valley shearing shed, Wanjarri Nature Reserve 27°20’S 120°39’E; R116670 Black Range, 15 km WSW of Marangaroon 23°47’18”S 115°28’02”E; R117117 Upper Gascoyne 24°43’S 116°04’E; R 122854 5.6 km E of Mardathuna HS 24°26’35”S 114°30’42”E; R125540 Randall Well, 210 km NNE of Meekatharra” 25°21’S 119°24’E; R125889 31.2 km from Binthalya HS 24°31’23”S 114°57’56”E; R138077 10 km SE of Mt Augustus HS 24°29’S 116°54’E 140714 Hope Downs 22°40’25”S 119°24’58”E.

Unknown sex: R3881 Well 5, Canning Stock Route 25°22’S 121°00’E; R7279 Caron 29°35’S 116°19’E; R8257 Grants Patch 30°27’S 121°07’E; R12278 Mundiwindi 23°48’S 120°15’E; R19789 – 19790 Albion Downs 27°17’S 120°23’E; R21180 11 km SW of Youanmi 28°41’S 118°44’E; R23908 – 23910 Laverton 28°38’S 122°24’E; R37897 Callagiddy 25°03’S 114°02’E; R46618 Yarri Battery, NE of Kalgoorlie 29°47’S 122°22’E; R46621 Linden 29°18’S 122°25’E; R47630 Macquarie Mill, Mileura 26°22’S 117°20’E; R47794 23 km NW of Mt Bruce 22°30’S 117°58’E; R51157 5 km S of Warriedar HS 29°12’S 117°11’E; R66004 7.75 km SSE of Mt Linden 29°22’55”S 122°28’05” E 78594 22 km S of Mt Elvire HS 29°33’S 119°36’E; R96122 – 96125 Millrose area 26°10’S 120°43’E; R96679 17 km WNW of Wadina HS 27°56’S 115°28’E; R 100314 Mt Lawrence Wells 26°48’S 120°12’E; R 102016 5.4 km N of Joy Helen MS 23°14’15”S 115°46’23”E; R 102098 Wongida Well, Barlee Range” 22°58’S 115°51’E; R115204 Eurardy 27°34’S 114°40’E; R 122576 1.9 km W of Meedo HS 25°40’50”S 114°37’18”E; R125186 31.2 km from Binthalya HS 24°31’23”S 114°57’56”E; R127246 130 km NW of Mount Magnet 27°42’S 117°05’E.

Varanus gilleni

Males: R3970 Well 37, Canning Stock Route 22°09’S 125°27’E; R8715 Well 43, Canning Stock Route 21°12’S 125°59’E; R14653, 14654, 14656 Warburton Range 26°08’S 126°35’E; R14657 Newbore, 45 km NW of Warburton Mission 25°40’S 126°15’E; R15707 32 km SE of Warburton Range 26°20’S 126°48’E; R20608, 22007, 22021, 22022, 22211, 22212 Warburton Mission 26°08’S 126°35’E; R21000 – 21001 10 km SE of Warburton Range Mission 26°12’S 126°39’E; R28027 Injudinah Creek, La Grange 18°38’S 121°52’E; R28814 14 km NW of Mt Beadell 25°47’S 124°38’E; R28864 77 km SW of Mt Beadell. Sutherland Range 26°01’S 124°44’E; R40111 60 Miles E of No.24 Well, Canning Stock Route 23°22’S 124°08’E; R45768 – 45769 Between Emily Gap and Amoonguna, near Alice Springs 23°14’S 133°59’E; R46166 Anna Plains 19°15’S 121°29’E; R54073 Edgar Ranges Reserve 18°55’S 123°15’E; R57047 30 km NNE of Stretch Range 20°44’S 127°51’E; R57304 McLarty Hills 19°29’S 123°28’E; R63421 Twin Heads 20°15’S 126°32’E; R63960 Well No 30, Canning Stock Route 22°30’S 124°08’E; R75808 Nita Downs 19°05’S 121°41’E; R81443 Wildlife Well 22°53’S 125°10’E; R82606 approx. 45 km NW of Mt Crofton 21°25’S 121°45’E; R88546 55 km S of Anna Plains HS 19°44’S 121°28’E; R 100593 15 km SSW of Giles 25°05’S 128°20’E; R 101434 Plumridge Lakes Nature Reserve 29°36’S 124°54’E; R 102728 Little Sandy Desert 24°35’33”S 120°15’47”E; R108565 7–8 km WSW of Point Salvation 28°15’S 123°36’E.

Females: R3995 Well 49, Canning Stock Route 20°10’S 126°41’E; R14655 Warburton Range 26°08’S 126°35’E; R15179 Elder Creek, 8 km NNW of Warburton 26°03’S 126°33’E; R15706, 15708 32 km SE of Warburton Range 26°20’S 126°48’E; R24437 16 km S of Ewaninga HS, Northern Territory 24°08’S 133°56’E; R26714 No locality but probably SW Kimberley 17°30’S 123°30’E; R46165, 46167 Anna Plains 19°15’S 121°29’E; R47674 Point Massie, Canning Stock Route 20°43’S 126°30’E; R53787 – 53789 near Alice Springs 23°42’S 133°52’E; R57302 – 57303 McLarty Hills 19°29’S 123°28’E; R60135 Injudinah Creek, La Grange 18°38’S 121°52’E; R63959 Well No. 30, Canning Stock Route 22°30’S 124°08’E; R64202 2 km at 90°N from Murguga Well No39, Canning Stock Route 21°45’S 125°40’E; R67579, 94371 Balgo Mission 20°09’S 128°57’E; R75791 24 km W of Joanna Spring 20°05’S 123°55’E; R75792 Dragon Tree Soak 19°39’S 123°23’E; R82607 approx. 45 km NW of Mt Crofton 21°25’S 121°45’E; R 100859 10 km N of Charlies Knob 23°05’S 125°00’E.

Unknown sex: R3998 between Wells 49 and 50, Canning Stock Route 20°12’S 126°50’E; R4020 between Wells 39 and 51, Canning Stock Route 20°50’S 126°10’E; R19598 – 19599 Warburton Range 26°08’S 126°35’E; R40887 Mt Romilly, Canning Stock Route 20°28’S 126°30’E; R45262 Well 40, Canning Stock Route 21°40’S 125°47’E; R46123 32 km SW of Christmas Creek HS 19°05’S 125°43’E; R54125 Edgar Ranges 18°49’S 123°17’E; R67578 Balgo Mission 20°09’S 128°57’E; R 102674 Little Sandy Desert 24°04’46”S 120°20’15”E; R 112140 Warburton 26°08’S 126°35’E; R136033 Little Sandy Desert 24°55’50”S 120°31’18”E; R136034 Little Sandy Desert 24°35’33”S 120°15’47”E.

Varanus bushi sp. nov.

Males: R4288 Tambrey 21°38’S 117°36’E; R54230 Marandoo 22°37’S 118°08’E; R73142 26.6 km at 225°N from Marillana HS 22°48’17”S 119°13’30”E; R76453 10 km SSW of Cooya Pooya HS 21°07’S 117°07’E; R108999 Marandoo 22°37’S 118°08’E; R125105 Yandicoogina 22°43’08”S 119°03’07”E; R125520 – 125521 northern Pilbara region 21°30’S 117°30’E; R129632 120 km NW of Newman 22°57’S 119°21’E; R129912, 138949 West Angelas MS, 100 km NE of Newman 23°11’09”S 118°45’16”E; R131494 Mt Whaleback 23°22’31”S 119°38’25”E; R135467 Mt Brockman area 22°28’S 117°18’E; R145260 5 km S of Mt Tom Price MS 22°49’02”S 117°45’50”E.

Females: R20241 near Kangiangi HS 21°41’S 117°17’E; R56834 Marandoo 22°37’S 118°08’E; R73143 26.6 km at 225°N from Marillana HS 22°48’17”S 119°13’30”E; R127789 5 km S of Mount Tom Price MS 22°47’49”S 117°47’20”E; R 131037 Unknown locality; R135340 Hope Downs 22°40’S 119°24’E.

Unknown sex: R62171 Marandoo 22°37’S 118°08’E; R75834 Weano Gorge 22°22’S 118°15’E; R131751 Four Corners Bore, Hamersley 22°26’43”S 117°52’47”E; R138169 Hamersley Range National Park 22°35’S 118°12’E.