Savannah monitor
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The savannah monitor (Varanus exanthematicus) is a medium-sized species of monitor lizard native to Africa. The species is known as Bosc's monitor in Europe, since French scientist Louis Bosc first described the species.[2] It belongs to the subgenus Polydaedalus.
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Savannah monitor | |
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Adult in captivity | |
Wild individual | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Varanidae |
Genus: | Varanus |
Subgenus: | Polydaedalus |
Species: | V. exanthematicus |
Binomial name | |
Varanus exanthematicus (Bosc, 1792) | |
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