| Savannah monitor | |
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| Wild individual | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Family: | Varanidae |
| Genus: | Varanus |
| Subgenus: | Polydaedalus |
| Species: | V. exanthematicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Varanus exanthematicus (Bosc, 1792)
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The savannah monitor (Varanus exanthematicus) is a medium-sized species of monitor lizard native to Africa. The species is known as Bosc's monitor in Europe, since French scientist Louis Bosc first described the species.[2] It belongs to the subgenus Polydaedalus.
- ^ Bennett, D.; Sweet, S.; Wilms, T.; Wagner, P.; Segniagbeto, G.; Niagate, B.; Branch, W.R.; Rödel, M.-O. (2021). "Varanus exanthematicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T178346A16967669. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T178346A16967669.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ Bosc, Louis. Lacerta exanthematica. Act. Soc. Hist. Nat. Paris 1. p. 25.