Angolan white-throated monitor
The Angolan white-throated monitor (Varanus albigularis angolensis) is a lizard found in and around Angola. It is usually gray-brown with yellowish or white markings, and can reach up to 1.5 m in length. It is one of the three subspecies of Varanus albigularis.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Varanidae |
| Genus: | Varanus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | V. a. angolensis |
| Trinomial name | |
| Varanus albigularis angolensis K.P. Schmidt, 1933 | |
Taxonomy
The generic name Varanus is derived from the Arabic word waral ورل, which is translated to English as "monitor". Their specific name comes from a compound of two Latin words: albus meaning "white" and gula meaning "throat". The subspecific name is a Latinized form of the country in which they are found: Angola.
Distribution
Its range is through Angola, Namibia, Zambia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Coruche.[1]
References
Wikispecies has information related to
V. a. angolensis.
V. a. angolensis.
- Bayless, Mark K. (2002). Monitor lizards: a pan-African check-list of their zoogeography. Journal of Biogeography 29: 1643–1701
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