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.
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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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