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 | | The Nomenclature Committee met during the 13th meeting of the Animals Committee, in Pruhonice, Czech Republic, September 1996, to discuss, at the request of the Secretariat, amongst other issues, the taxonomic status of Tupinambis spp. |
 | | Consequently, export permits from Argentina and Paraguay relating to Tupinambis should refer to the species, i.e. |
 | | Regarding the Varanus indicus complex, the Nomenclature Committee endorsed a report prepared by the checklist staff at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. This report recognizes four species in this complex: V. indicus (Daudin, 1802), V. doreanus (Meyer, 1941), V. spinulosus Mertens, 1941 and V. jobiensis Ahl, 1932. |
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