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Woodbury, .٥-٩٦٩٦-٨١٢٠-٠-٩٧٨ ISBN . ٦٣ .N.Y: Barron's Educational Series. p ﻭﺭﻝ ﺍﻷﺷﺠﺎﺭ ﺍﻟﻔﻴﺮﻭﺯﻱ Emerald Tree Monitor , viridis ¯ ¯ ¯ Holotype ¯ ¯ RMNH ¯ ï ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ï ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ , , Varanus prasinus ¯ , Generic ¯ Name: varanus ¯ Waral ¯ ¯ , , Monitor prasinus ¯ ¯ . ١٩٩٥ Bennett, D. ( ). A Little Book of Monitor Lizards. Aberdeen, UK: Viper Press ٢٠٠٤ King, Ruth Allen; Pianka, Eric R.; King, Dennis ( ). Varanoid Lizards of the World. .٦-٣٤٣٦٦-٢٥٣-٠-٩٧٨ ISBN . ٢٢٩– ٢٢٥ .Bloomington: Indiana University Press. pp ﻭﺭﻝ ﺍﻷﺷﺠﺎﺭ ﺍﻟﻔﻴﺮﻭﺯﻱ Emerald Tree Monitor Varanus prasinus ¯¯ ¯ Pacific Monitor , Euprepiosaurus ,¯ ¯ ¯ , Lizards ï Varanus prasinus Species Group or ¯ Species Complex ¯ V. ¯ , beccarii , V. ¯ boehmei V. bogerti ¯ , V. keithhornie ¯ , ¯ , ¯ ¯ , ﻭﺭﻝ ﺍﻷﺷﺠﺎﺭ ﺍﻟﻔﻴﺮﻭﺯﻱ Emerald Tree Monitor V. kordensis ¯ , ¯ ¯ ï , ¯ V. macraei , ¯ V. reisingeri ¯ V. telenesetes ¯ , ¯ : : Varanidae ¯ ¯ ¯ , Mespzoic Era ٢٠٠٣ Jacobs, H. J. ( ). A further new emerald tree monitor lizard of the Varanus prasinus -٦٥ :(٢) ٣٩ species group from Waigeo, West Irian (Squamata: Sauria: Varanidae). Salamandra . ٧٤ ٢٠٠٧ Ziegler, T.; A. Schmitz; A. Koch & W. Böhme ( ). "A review of the subgenus Euprepiosaurus of Varanus (Squamata: Varanidae): morphological and molecular phylogeny, distribution and zoogeography, with an identification key for the members of the V. indicus and the V. prasinus species groups. ٢٠١٦ Zheng, Yuchi; Wiens, John J. ( ). "Combining phylogenomic and supermatrix approaches, genes ٥٢ and a time-calibrated phylogeny for squamate reptiles (lizards and snakes) based on . ٥٤٧– ٥٣٧ : ٩٤ .species". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ٤١٦٢ and . ٢٠١٥.١٠.٠٠٩.j.ympev/ ١٠.١٠١٦:doi ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ Mesozoic ¯ ¯¯ ¯ : ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ï ¯ = ﻭﺭﻝ ﺍﻷﺷﺠﺎﺭ ﺍﻟﻔﻴﺮﻭﺯﻱ Emerald Tree Monitor ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯¯ Euprepiosaurus − − ¯ ¯ = ¯ ¯ ¯ ٢٠٠٣ Schulte, JA; Melville, J; Larson, A ( ). "Molecular phylogenetic evidence for ancient divergence of lizard taxa on either side of Wallace's Line". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: PMID . ١٦٩١٢٨٥ PMC . ٢٠٠٢.٢٢٧٢.rspb/ ١٠.١٠٩٨:doi . ٦٠٣– ٥٩٧ : ٢٧٠ .Biological Sciences . ١٢٧٦٩٤٥٩ Vidal, N; Marin, J; Sassi, J; Battistuzzi, FU; Donnellan, S; Fitch, AJ; Fry, BG; Vonk, FJ; Molecular evidence for an Asian" .( ٢٠١٢) Rodriguez de la Vega, RC; Couloux, A; Hedges, SB origin of monitor lizards followed by Tertiary dispersals to Africa and Australasia". Biology . ٣٤٤١٠٠١ PMC . ٢٠١٢.٠٤٦٠.rsbl/ ١٠.١٠٩٨:doi . ٨٥٥– ٨٥٣ :٨ .Letters ¯ , ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ,¯ ٢٠٠٧ Ziegler, Thomas; Schmitz, Andreas; Koch, André; Böhme, Wolfgang ( ). "A review of the subgenus Euprepiosaurus of Varanus (Squamata: Varanidae): morphological and molecular phylogeny, distribution and zoogeography, with an identification key for the members of the V. indicus and the V. prasinus species groups ". ﻭﺭﻝ ﺍﻷﺷﺠﺎﺭ ﺍﻟﻔﻴﺮﻭﺯﻱ Emerald Tree Monitor ¯ ¯ , ¯¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯¯ ¯ ¯ : : ¯ ¯ ¯ ï ¯ ¯ , , , ¯ ¯ ,¯ , Lowlands ¯ ٢٠٠٤ Molnar, Ralph E. ( ). "The long and honorable history of monitors and their kin". In Pianka, Eric R.; King, Dennis R; King, Ruth Allen (eds.). Varanoid Lizards of the World. ٦٧– ١٠ .Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. pp ٢٠٠٧ Sweet, Samuel S.; Pianka, Eric R. ( ). "Monitors, mammals, and Wallace's Line". ٢٠٠٦ Pianka, Eric R. ( ). Lizards: Windows to the Evolution of Diversity. Berkeley: University .٢-٢٤٨٤٧-٥٢٠-٠-٩٧٨ ISBN . ٢٤٧ .of California Press. p ﻭﺭﻝ ﺍﻷﺷﺠﺎﺭ ﺍﻟﻔﻴﺮﻭﺯﻱ Emerald Tree Monitor , : : ¯ ¯ ¯ ï , − ¯ ¯ ¯ ï ¯ ï ¯ ¯ ï ¯ ï ï ï ¯ ¯ ,¯ ¯¯ ¯ ٦ ٢٠٠٠ Cogger, H. G. ( ). Reptiles & Amphibians of Australia ( th ed.). Sydney: Reed New . ٨٠٧٤٢٠٧٠١ OCLC .٨-٣٣-٨٧٦٣٣٤-١-٩٧٨ ISBN . ٣٧١ .Holland. p ١٩٨٦ Greene, Harry W. ( ). Diet and Arboreality in the Emerald Monitor, Varanus Prasinus, With Comments on the Study of Adaptation. Field Museum of Natural History. OCLC . ١٤٩١٥٤٥٢ ١٣٧ ١٩٩٢ Robert George Sprackland ( ). Giant lizards. Neptune, NJ: T.F.H. Publications. pp. – .٩-٦٣٤-٨٦٦٢٢-٠-٩٧٨ ISBN . ١٤٢ ١٩٨٦ Greene, Harry W. ( ). Diet and Arboreality in the Emerald Monitor, Varanus Prasinus, With Comments on the Study of Adaptation. Field Museum of Natural History. OCLC . ١٤٩١٥٤٥٢ ﻭﺭﻝ ﺍﻷﺷﺠﺎﺭ ﺍﻟﻔﻴﺮﻭﺯﻱ Emerald Tree Monitor : : ¯ ï ¯ ¯ , ¯ ï¯ ¯ ¯ ,¯ , , ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ : : ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯¯ , Stick Katydids ¯ , ¯ , Beetles , Cockroaches ¯¯ , Insects , Crabs ¯ ¯ ,Centipedes ٤-٧٧٦٤-٧٨٩٤-٠-٩٧٨ ٤٢٢ ٢٠٠١ Wilson, Don W.; Burnie, David ( ). Animal. London: DK. p. ISBN . ﻭﺭﻝ ﺍﻷﺷﺠﺎﺭ ﺍﻟﻔﻴﺮﻭﺯﻱ Emerald Tree Monitor stick Insects ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ , ,¯ ¯ ¯ ,¯ ¯ ¯ ,¯ ï ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ï ٢٠٠٦ Pianka, Eric R. ( ). Lizards: Windows to the Evolution of Diversity. Berkeley: University .٢-٢٤٨٤٧-٥٢٠-٠-٩٧٨ ISBN . ٢٤٧ .of California Press. p ١٩٩٧ Balsai, Michael ( ). The General Care and Maintenance of Popular Monitors and Tegus. .٧-٣٩-٨٨٢٧٧٠-١-٩٧٨ ISBN .٦ .BowTie. p ١٣٧ ١٩٩٢ Robert George Sprackland ( ). Giant lizards. Neptune, NJ: T.F.H. Publications. pp. – .٩-٦٣٤-٨٦٦٢٢-٠-٩٧٨ ISBN . ١٤٢ ﻭﺭﻝ ﺍﻷﺷﺠﺎﺭ ﺍﻟﻔﻴﺮﻭﺯﻱ Emerald Tree Monitor : : ¯ − , ¯ ,¯ ¯ , ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ Termites , − ¯ ¯ ¯ ¯ ١٩٨٦ Greene, Harry W. ( ). Diet and Arboreality in the Emerald Monitor, Varanus Prasinus, With Comments on the Study of Adaptation. Field Museum of Natural History. OCLC . ١٤٩١٥٤٥٢ ٢٠٠٤ King, Ruth Allen; Pianka, Eric R.; King, Dennis ( ). Varanoid Lizards of the World. = Emerald Tree Monitor ﻭﺭﻝ ﺍﻷﺷﺠﺎﺭ ﺍﻟﻔﻴﺮﻭﺯﻱ = .٦-٣٤٣٦٦-٢٥٣-٠-٩٧٨ ISBN . ٢٢٩– ٢٢٥ .Bloomington: Indiana University Press. pp ﻭﺭﻝ ﺍﻷﺷﺠﺎﺭ ﺍﻟﻔﻴﺮﻭﺯﻱ Emerald Tree Monitor .
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