Rock monitor

Rock monitor
White-throated monitor at Mountain Zebra National Park, South Africa
CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Lanthanotidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: Polydaedalus
Species:
V. albigularis
Binomial name
Varanus albigularis
(Daudin, 1802)
Synonyms
List
    • Tupinambis albigularis
      Daudin, 1802
    • Tupinambis indicus
      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

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.

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