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Varanus albigularis is on average the most massive lizard in Africa, as adult males average about 6 to 8 kg (13 to 18 lb) and females weigh from 3.2 to 5 kg (7.1 to 11.0 lb). [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Large mature males can attain weights of 15 to 17 kg (33 to 37 lb), which would make it slightly smaller than the Nile monitor by maximum size. [ 10 ]
The meat of monitor lizards is eaten by some tribes in India, [43] Nepal, [44] the Philippines, Australia, South Africa and West Africa as a supplemental meat source. [citation needed] Both meat and eggs are also eaten in Southeast Asian countries such as Vietnam and Thailand as a delicacy. [45]
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With the West African Nile monitor as a separate species, there are two main clades in the Nile monitor: A widespread clade found throughout much of Southern, Central and East Africa, as well as more locally in coastal West Africa. The other clade includes the monitors of the Sahel (Mali to Ethiopia) and Nile regions. [3]
The savannah monitor is the most common monitor lizard species available in the pet trade, accounting for almost half (48.0552%) of the entire international trade in live monitor lizards. [ 17 ] Despite its prevalence in global pet trade, successful captive reproduction is very rare, and a high mortality rate is associated with the species.
African monitors produced the two largest species of monitors in Africa. Nile monitors usually measure 1 m (3 ft 3 in) in length and weighs around 5 kg (11 lb), with exceptionally large specimens exceeding 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) in length and 20 kg (44 lb) in mass, making it not only the fourth largest lizard after the Komodo dragon, Asian water ...
ADSL prices in South Africa have been decreasing steadily since the service was introduced, mainly as a result of competition from mobile network operators, but also due to the landing of the SEACOM cable. Previously the sole undersea cable to land in South Africa was the Telkom-operated SAT-3. Telkom's own ADSL subscriber base climbed from ...
The white-throated monitor (Varanus albigularis albigularis) is a lizard found in southern Africa. They are usually gray-brown with yellowish or white markings, and can reach up to 2 metres (6.6 ft) in length. They are found in Southern Africa, northwards to Angola, Zambia, and Mozambique.