White-Throated Monitor

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The white-throated monitor is a lizard native to southern Africa — Der capische Warn Veran (Polydacdalus capensis).

Artist

Name:: Unknown

Illustration

Subject:: Animals
Technique:: Lithograph
Format:: Landscape (wider)
Source:: The Ernst Mayr Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Bilder-Atlas zur wissenschaftlich-populären Naturgeschichte der Wirbelthiere
Author(s):: Fitzinger, Leopold Joseph Franz Johann
Publisher:: Vienna: k.k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, 1867
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Description

The white-throated monitor (Varanus albigularis) is a lizard in the family Varanidae. It is native to southern Africa and can grow to reach a length of 6.6 ft (2 m).

Keywords: 1860s, 19th century, Africa, color, lizard, reference book, reptile, Varanidae