Black-throated Monitor
The black-throated monitor (''Varanus albigularis microstictus'') is a subspecies of monitor lizard in the Family (biology), family Varanidae. The subspecies is native to Tanzania. Description ''Varanus albigularis microstictus'' is usually a dark gray-brown with yellowish or white markings, and can reach up to in total length (including tail) and weigh more than . It is the largest of the four subspecies of the rock monitor, ''V. albigularis''. Etymology The genus, generic name, ''Varanus'', is derived from the Arabic (language), Arabic word ''waral'' ورل, which is translated to English as "warn" or "warning." The Specific name (zoology), specific name, ''albigularis'', comes from a compound of two Latin words: ''albus'' meaning "white" and ''gula'' meaning "throat". The subspecific synonym, ''ionidesi'', is in honor of Constantine John Philip Ionides (1901-1968), called the "Snake Man of British East Africa".Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Ep ...
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Oskar Boettger
Oskar Boettger (german: Böttger; 31 March 1844 – 25 September 1910) was a German zoologist who was a native of Frankfurt am Main. He was an uncle of the noted malacologist Caesar Rudolf Boettger (1888–1976). From 1863 to 1866 he studied at the Bergakademie Freiberg, then worked for a year in a chemical factory in Frankfurt am Main."Boettger, Oskar"
p. 410. In: (1955). '' Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 2''. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. . (in German). In 1869 he received his doctorate from the . The following year (1870), he became a