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Rock monitor
A white-throated monitor at Kruger National Park, South Africa
Conservation status
Rock monitor
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: Polydaedalus
Species:
V. albigularis
Binomial name
Varanus albigularis
(Daudin, 1802)[2][3]
Synonyms[4]
  • Tupinambis albigularis
    Daudin, 1802
  • Monitor albigularis
    — Gray, 1831
  • Varanus albogularis
    — A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836
  • Regenia albogularis
    — Günther, 1861
  • Varanus albigularis
    — Boulenger, 1885
  • Varanus exanthematicus albigularis
    — Schmidt, 1919
  • Varanus albigularis
    — Böhme, 1988

The rock monitor (Varanus albigularis) is a species of monitor lizard in the family Varanidae. The species is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa, where, on average it is the largest lizard found on the continent. It is called leguaan or likkewaan in some areas.

  1. ^ Beraduccii, J.; Msuya, C.A.; Howell, K.; Ngalason, W. (2021). "Varanus albigularis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T22473612A22473630. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Daudin FM (1802). Histoire Naturelle, Génerale et Particulière des Reptiles; Ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière, composée par LECLERC DE BUFFON, et redigée par C. S. SONNINI, membre de plusieurs Sociétés savantes. Tome Troisième [Volume 3]. Paris: F. Dufart. 452 pp. + Plates I-XLV. (Tupinambis albigularis, new species, pp. 72-75 + Plate XXXII).
  3. ^ "Varanus albigularis ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 August 2008.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference RDB was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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