Rock monitor

Rock monitor
	White-throated monitor at Mountain Zebra National Park, South Africa
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
	CITES Appendix II
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Anguimorpha
Family:	Varanidae
Genus:	Varanus
Subgenus:	Polydaedalus
Species:	V. albigularis
Binomial name
	Varanus albigularis; (Daudin, 1802)
Synonyms
	List Tupinambis albigularis ; Daudin, 1802; Tupinambis indicus ; Daudin, 1802; Monitor albigularis ; — Gray, 1831; Varanus albogularis ; — A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1836; Regenia albogularis ; — Günther, 1861; Varanus albigularis ; — Boulenger, 1885; Varanus exanthematicus albigularis ; — Schmidt, 1919; ; Varanus exanthematicus ionidesii ; — Raymond Ferdinand Laurent, 1964; Varanus albigularis ; — Böhme, 1988;

The rock monitor (Varanus albigularis) is a species of monitor lizard in the family Varanidae. The species is endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa, where, on average, it is the largest lizard found on the continent. It is called leguaan or likkewaan in some areas.