Varanus albigularis

Superfamilia: Varanoidea
Familia: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Subgenus: Varanus (Polydaedalus)
Species:
Subspecies (3): V. a. albigularis – V. a. angolensis – V. a. microstictus

• Varanus albigularis (Daudin, 1802)

Holotype: MNHN-RA-0.6513.

Type locality: unknown.

• Tupinambis albigularis Daudin, 1802: 72 [original combination]
• Varanus exanthematicus albigularis — Schmidt, 1919: 483 [subsequent combination, reduce to subspecies]
• Varanus (Empagusia) exanthematicus albigularis — Mertens, 1942: 193 [name combination, subgenus]
• Varanus albigularis — Böhme, Joger & Schätti, 1989: 434 [subsequent combination, restaure to species]
• Varanus (Polydaedalus) albigularis — Böhme, 1991: 44 [name combination, subgenus]

• Daudin, F.M. 1802. Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, des reptiles : ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini. Tome Troisième. L'Imprimerie de F. Dufart: Paris. 452 pp. + pls. XXVI–XLV. BHL Reference page. 

• De Lisle, H.F. 2009. Catalog of the genus Varanus (Reptilia: Squamata: Varanidae) with new designations of a neotype and a lectotype. ZooNova 1: 8–32. Reference page. 

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, R., F. Reyes, J. Kudera & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Varanus albigularis. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 August 2018.
• Monitor Lizards Net (WebArchieve). Accessed on 13 October 2009.

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