Bibliography for Varanus tristis (Schlegel, 1839)

• Brennan, I., Lemmon, A.R., Lemmon, E.M., Portik, D.M., Weijola, W., Welton, L., Donnellan, S.C. & Keogh, J.S. 2021. Phylogenomics of Monitor lizards and the role of competition in dictating body size disparity. Systematic Biology 70(1): 120-132
• CAVS 2006. Census of Australian Vertebrate Species. Australian Biological Resources Study.
• Christian, T. 1981. Varanus tristis a variable monitor. Herpetofauna 12: 7-12
• Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp.
• Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. In, Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp.
• Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp.
• Fitch, A.J., Goodman, A.E. & Donnellan, S.C. 2006. A molecular phylogeny of the Australian monitor lizards (Squamata: Varanidae) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Australian Journal of Zoology 54: 253-269
• Fry, D.B. 1913. On a Varanus and a frog from Burnett River, Queensland, and a revision of the variations in Limnodynastes dorsalis Gray. Records of the Australian Museum 10: 17-34
• Fyfe, G. 1979. Notes on the black-headed monitor (Varanus tristis). Herpetology Society Newsletter 13: 17-18
• Gray, J.E. 1838. A catalogue of the slender-tongued saurians, with descriptions of many new genera and species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1: 388-394
• Mertens, R. 1942. Die Familie der Warane (Varanidae). Dritter Teil: Taxonomie. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 466: 235-391
• Mertens, R. 1957. Two new goannas from Australia. Western Australian Naturalist 5: 183-185
• Mertens, R. 1958. Bemerkungen über die Warane Australiens. Senckenbergiana Biologica 39: 229-264
• Mertens, R. 1963. Liste der rezenten Amphibien und Reptilien Helodermatidae, Varanidae, Lanthanotidae. Das Tierreich 79: i-x 1-26
• Pianka, E. 2004. Varanus tristis. pp. 477-487 in Pianka, E. & King, D. Varanoid lizards of the world. Bloomington : Indiana University Press pp. 608.
• Pianka, E.R. 1971. Notes on the biology of Varanus tristis. Western Australian Naturalist 11: 180-182
• Pianka, E.R. 1982. Observations on the ecology of Varanus in the Great Victoria Desert. Western Australian Naturalist 15: 1-8
• Schlegel, H. 1839. Abbildungen neuer oder unvollständing bekannter Amphibien, nach der Natur oder dem Leben entworfen, herausgegeben und mit einem erläuternden Text begleitet. Dusseldorf : Arnz xiv 141 pp. 50 pls. [monograph published in parts during the period 1837-1844]
• Storr, G.M. 1980. The monitor lizards (genus Varanus Merrem, 1820) of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 8: 237-293
• Zinniker, W. 1961. Australische Freunde. Aquaria (St. Gallen) 2: 15-17

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