- Varanus albigularis albigularis
Taxobox
name = White-throated monitor
image_width = 250px
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Sauropsida
ordo =Squamata
subordo =Scleroglossa
familia =Varanidae
genus = "Varanus "
species = "V. albigularis"
subspecies = "V. albigularis albigularis"
binomial = "Varanus albigularis albigularis"
binomial_authority = Daudin,1802 Daudin, F. M. (1802). "Histoire Naturelle, génerale et particulièredes reptiles, ouvrage faisant suite, a l'histoiure naturelle, générale et particulière composée par LECLERC DE BUFFON, et redigée par C. S. SONNINI", vol. 3. F. Dufart, Paris.]The White-throated monitor ("Varanus albigularis albigularis") is a lizard found in southern
Africa . They are usually gray-brown with yellowish or white markings and can reach up to 2 meters in length.It is found in Southern Africa, northwards to
Angola ,Zambia andMozambique .Taxonomy
First described by
François Marie Daudin in 1802, these lizards were previously classed as a subspecies of "Varanus exanthematicus", but have since been declared a distinct species based upon differences in hemipenal morphology. [Bohme, W. (1991). "New finding on the hemipenal morphology of monitor lizards and their systematic implications". Mertensiella, 2, 42-49.] 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 twoLatin words: "albus" meaning "white" and "gula" meaning "throat".References
External links
* [http://www.oaklandzoo.org/meet_the_animals/white-throated-monitor White-throated monitor] ,
Oakland Zoo
* [http://www.honoluluzoo.org/monitor_lizard_white_throated.htm White-throated Monitor Lizards] ,Honolulu Zoo
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