Varanus doreanus finschi BÖHME, HORN et ZIEGLER (1994: 137)

Paratype: ZISP 2 8833 (ex ZFMK 26345), semiadult, “ Blanche Bay, Neu-Britannien, Bismarck-Archipel ” [Blanche Bay, New Britain Island, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea]. Leg.: O. Finsch, 1891.

Present name: Varanus finschi Böhme, Horn et Ziegler, 1994 fide Ziegler et al. (1999).

Remarks: Holotype (ZFMK 26347) and three paratypes (ZFMK 26343–344, 26348) from “Blanche Bay, Neu- Britannien, Bismarck-Archipel ”. Other paratypes is ZMB 14598 and ZMB 53000 from “Ralum, Neu-Britannien, Bismarck-Archipel ” and ZMB 26580a–c and ZMB 52998 from “Massawa, Neu-Britannien, Bismarck-Archipel ” (Böhme et al. 1994).