The Angolan white-throated monitor (''Varanus albigularis angolensis'') is a

lizard Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...

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 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

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