Black Throat Monitor
A subspecies of the monitor lizard, the Black Throat Monitor, is a reptile endemic to the African country of Tanzania.
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Subphylum | Vertebrata |
Class | Sauropsida |
Order | Squamata |
Suborder | Scleroglossa |
Family | Varanidae |
Genus | Varanus |
Species | V. albigularis |
Subspecies | V. albigularis microstictus |
Scientific Name | Varanus albigularis microstictus |
Other Names | Black Throated Monitor |
Length | Up to seven feet (2 m) |
Coloration | Dark gray to gray black with grayish white markings on feet |
Distribution | Tanzania |
Habitat | Inside burrows and at the base of trees in the dry savannah regions |
Diet | Any animal they can catch whole |
Clutch Size | Up to 37 eggs |
Mode of Reproduction | Oviparous (egg laying) |