Rock monitor

Rock monitor
	White-throated monitor at Kruger National Park, South Africa
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific 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)
Synonyms
	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.

^ 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.
^ 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).
^ "Varanus albigularis ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 August 2008.
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[iucn_status_19_November_2021-1] 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.

[FMD-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).

[ITIS-3] "Varanus albigularis ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 August 2008.

[RDB-4] Cite error: The named reference RDB was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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Rock monitor

White-throated monitor at Kruger National Park, South Africa
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific 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