Angolan white-throated monitor [SEP] parent taxon
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".
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
", "bitatawa"
- "V. mabitang", Panay monitor, "mabitang"
- "V. olivaceus", Gray's monitor, "butaan"
Subgenus Polydaedalus:
- "V. albigularis", rock monitor, white-throated monitor
- "V. a. albigularis", white-throated monitor
- "V. a. angolensis", Angolan monitor
- "V. a. microstictus", eastern white-throated monitor
- "V. exanthematicus", savanna monitor, Bosc's monitor
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