Angolan white-throated monitor

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|name = Angolan white-throated monitor

|image = Africa136.jpg

|genus = Varanus

|species = albigularis

|species_link = Rock monitor

|subspecies = angolensis

|authority = K.P. Schmidt, 1933

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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.

Taxonomy

File:Varanus albigularis angolensis.jpg, Namibia]]

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.Bayless, Mark K. (2002). Monitor lizards: a pan-African check-list of their zoogeography. Journal of Biogeography 29: 1643–1701

References

{{Wikispecies|Varanus (Polydaedalus) albigularis angolensis|
V. a. angolensis}}

Category:Varanus