Rock monitor

The rock monitor (Varanus albigularis) is a species of monitor lizard in the family Varanidae. The species is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa. It is on average the largest lizard found on the continent, and is locally called leguaan or likkewaan.

Rock monitor
A white-throated monitor at Kruger National Park, South Africa
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
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