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Varanus albigularis Daudin, 1802

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Reptilia
order
Squamata
family
Varanidae
genus
Varanus
species
Varanus albigularis

Name

Homonyms
Varanus albigularis Daudin, 1802
Varanus albigularis Boulenger, 1885
Varanus albigularis Böhme, 2002
Common names
Kapwaran in language.
Rock monitor in English
Weißkehlwaran in language.
White-throated Monitor in English
cape monitor in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. Akeret, Beat (2014) Geschichtliches zur Haltung von Waranen in Deutschland und der Schweiz.: Terraria Elaphe 2014 (6): 14-21
  2. Auerbach,R.D. (1987) The Amphibians and Reptiles of Botswana.: Mokwepa Consultants, Botswana, 295 pp.
  3. Barts, M. (1996) Varanus albigularis albigularis (Daudin, 1802) - eine verhaltensbiologische Beobachtung.: Sauria 18 (2): 17-19
  4. Bauer, Aaron M.; Branch, William R. & Haacke, Wulf D. (1993) The herpetofauna of the Kamanjab area and adjacent Damaraland, Namibia.: Madoqua (Windhoek) 18 (2): 117-145.
  5. Bayless, Mark K. (2002) Monitor lizards: a pan-African check-list of their zoogeography (Sauria: Varanidae: Polydaedalus).: Journal of Biogeography 29: 1643–1701
  6. Boettger, Oskar (1893) Katalog der Reptilien-Sammlung im Museum der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main. I. Teil (Rhynchocephalen, Schildkröten, Krokodile, Eidechsen, Chamäleons).: Gebrüder Knauer, Frankfurt a. M., x + 140 pp.
  7. Boulenger, G.A. (1885) Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Vol. 2, Second edition.: London, xiii+497 pp.
  8. Boycott, R.C. (1992) An Annotated Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Swaziland.: The Conservation Trust of Swaziland
  9. Branch, W.R.; Rödel, M.-O. & Marais, J. (2005) Herpetological survey of the Niassa Game Reserve, northern Mozambique - Part I: Reptiles.: Salamandra 41 (4): 195-214
  10. Branch, William R. (1993) A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Southern Africa.: Cape Town: Struik Publishers, 144 S.
  11. Branch, William R., Mark-Oliver Rödel, Johan Marais and Joleen Coetzee. (2015) Varanus albigularis Daudin, 1802, Rock Monitor, Diet.: African Herp News (62): 26-27
  12. Broadley, D.G. (1991) The Herpetofauna of Northern Mwinilunga Distr., Northw. Zambia.: Arnoldia Zimbabwe 9 (37): 519-538
  13. Broadley, D.G. (1998) The reptilian fauna of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa). In: Schmidt, K.P. and Noble, G.K., Contributions to the Herpetology of the Belgian Congo... [reprint of the 1919 and 1923 papers].: SSAR Facsimile reprints in Herpetology, 780 pp.
  14. Broadley, Donald G. and F. P. D. Cotterill. (2004) The reptiles of southeast Katanga, an overlooked 'hot spot'. [Congo].: African Journal of Herpetology 53 (1): 35-61.
  15. Brygoo, E. R. (1987) Les types de Varanides (Reptiles, Sauriens) du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle. Catalogue critique.: Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, 4e ser., 9, sect. A (Zool., BioI. & Ecol. anim.), (2), supplement, 21-38.
  16. Böhme, W. (1988) Zur Genitalmorphologie der Sauria.: Bonner Zool. Monogr. 27: 1-176
  17. CONRADIE, W., DOUCETTE-RIISE, S., VANHOOYDONCK, B., ENGELBRECHT, H., MEASEY, G.J., & TOLLEY, K. (2011) Herpetological survey of Rooipoort Nature Reserve, Northern Cape, South Africa.: African Herp News (53): 35-41
  18. CUNNINGHAM, P. & CUNNINGHAM, J. (2010) Varanus albigularis (Daudin, 1802) Diet.: African Herp News (51): 18-19
  19. Ceríaco, Luis M. P., Aaron M. Bauer, David C. Blackburn and Ana C. F. C. Lavres. (2014) The herpetofauna of the Capanda Dam Region, Malanje, Angola.: Herpetological Review 45 (4): 667-674
  20. Cimatti, E. (2007) Namibia - Introduction to a vast territory.: Reptilia (GB) (50): 58-67
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