ÁFRICA
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REPTILIA
SAURIA


Varanidae

 

Varanus albigularis (Daudin, 1802)
Sinon.: Monitor albogularis
Refs: Peters, 1878; Boettger, 1893; Ferreira, 1903; Nieden, 1913; Monard, 1937; Mertens, 1938; Laurent, 1954, 1964; Correia, 1973; Bauer et al., 1993
Locus: Huambo, Caquindo, Chimporo, Mulondo, Ebanga, Mupa, Baía do Lobito, Catumbela, Benguela, Rio Chimba, Biballa, Quindumbo, Quissange. V. albigularis angolensis Schmidt, 1933 - Rio Zaúca (Gauca).
Distr.: Namíbia, Botswana, Angola, África do Sul, Zimbabwe, Moçambique, Zâmbia, Somália

Varanus exanthematicus (Bosc, 1972)
Sinon.: Regenia ocellatus; Uaranus ocellatus; Tupinambis exanthematicus; Lacerta exanthematica Bosc, 1872; Varanus ocellatus Heyden, 1830; Monitor exanthematicus Peters, 1870; Varanus (Empagusia) exanthematicus
Refs: Gray, 1845; Bocage, 1867, 1896; Tornier, 1901; Ferreira, 1902, 1903; Boulenger, 1906; Nieden, 1913; Chabanaud, 1917; Monard, 1937; Mertens, 1938; Laurent, 1954, 1964; Grandison, 1956; Perret & Mertens, 1957; Papenfuss, 1969; Cissé & Karns, 1978; Miles et al., 1978; Welch, 1982; Joger, 1982; Le Berre, 1984; Crawford-Cabral & Mesquitela, 1989
Locus: Senegal. Guiné-Bissau: Bissau, Buba, Bissalanca, Tor, Brene, Pitche, Pecixe, Canchungo, Bolama. Angola: Golungo Alto, Benguela.
Distr.: África.

Varanus exanthematicus angolensis - Cubal, Dundo, Cazombo.
Distr.: África a S do Sara. Do Senegal, Gâmbia, Guiné-Bissau, Guiné, Mali, Níger, Togo, Nigéria, Camarões, para E até à Etiópia. Varanus niloticus ornatus - Camarões

Varanus giganteus (Gray, 1845)
Distr.: Austrália.

Varanus gouldii (Gray, 1838)
Nome vulgar: Gould’s Goanna
Distr.: Austrália.

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Varanus komodoensis
Flores, Komodo (Chaves? Alfeite?)

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Varanus niloticus (Linnaeus, 1766)
Sinon. Lacerta monitor; Stellio saurus; Varanus saurus; Lacerta nilotica; Varanus (Polydaedalus) niloticus
Refs: Gray, 1845; Bocage, 1866, , 1867, 1879, 1886, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1903; Ferreira, 1900, 1903; Tornier, 1901, 1902; Ferreira, 1902; Boulenger, 1906; Chabanaud, 1921; Andersson, 1937; Monard, 1937, 1938, 1940; Laurent, 1952, 1954, 1964; Grandison, 1956; Hellmich, 1957; Condamin & Villiers, 1962; Manaças, 1963; Papenfuss, 1969; Cissé & Karns, 1978; Miles et al., 1978; Joger, 1981, 1982; Welch, 1982; Branch & Braack, 1987; Capula, 1994
Locus: Guiné-Bissau: Bissau, Bambadinca, Ponta Robalo, Bolama. Fernando Pó (Gray; from the Voyage of the Etiope). Angola: Cabinda, Luanda, Rio Quilo, Cuanza, Catumbela, Rio Cuango, Cuvango, Rio Mbalé, Cubal, Benguela, Muita, Luembe, Piri-Dembos, Dundo, Hanha, Ndala Tando, Cunga, Vila da Ponte, Titunda, Cunene, Cului, Lado Dilolo, Maiumba, Duque de Bragança, Quilenges, Rio Cuce, Caconda, Humbe, Rio Quando, Golungo Alto, Rio Loando. South Africa: Cape of Good Hope (Gray, 1845). Niger (?): Niger Expedition (Dr. Stanger).
Distr.:. Larga em toda a África, exceptuando NW. Senegal, Gâmbia, Guiné-Bissau, Guiné, Libéria, Mali, Togo, Nigéria, Camarões, Egipto, Fernando Pó.