Varanus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1766)
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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.13154851 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F55887A5-FF3D-FF85-B601-93A4FC402C29 |
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Felipe |
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Varanus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1766) |
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Varanus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1766) View in CoL
Water Monitor
Material: observations only (3, 32, 43).
Comment: Common and widespread along major rivers in Angola. Although only a single Angolan specimen was included in a phylogeographic review of the V. niloticus complex ( Dowell et al. 2016), it is likely that all Angolan water monitors are preferable to V. niloticus (of which V. ornatus is now a junior synonym) and not West African V. stellatus (Daudin, 1802) , which was recently revalidated ( Dowell et al. 2016).
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