And whats the difference in BT's from different regions?
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In your opinion where does Apollo originate from?
Tann
Aug 24, 2005 01:48 PM
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JPsShadow
Aug 24, 2005 02:08 PM
>>And whats the difference in BT's from different regions?
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Tann
Aug 24, 2005 02:27 PM
So all BT's come from Tanzania? I thought they came from different areas also and their coloration and size differed.
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JPsShadow
Aug 24, 2005 03:23 PM
it talks of albigs
"Tanzania - Kenya from coast to inland as far as Lake Victoria, and Lake Tanganyika"
He mentioned this type with large dots. This would be what was given the common name of Black throat. Your animal is clearly a blackthroat not whitethroat. Note: these are common names used to distinguish them apart by keepers
Tann
Aug 24, 2005 04:17 PM
I know it's not a White Throat, that wasn't my question. My question was which region does it look like he's from. I'm pretty sure I've read on here before tha BT's don't only come from Tanzinia.
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JPsShadow
Aug 24, 2005 05:20 PM
Or rather mark did
"Tanzania - Kenya from coast to inland as far as Lake Victoria, and Lake Tanganyika"
reptilicus
Aug 24, 2005 06:47 PM
Hi,
I wrote about V. albigularis geographic variations in four papers so far:
1997. Habitat of African monitors. Ecology Journal of Africa 35:374-377.
2000a-b: African Monitors. Reptiles Magazine, June-July issues.
2002. Pan-African Distribution of Monitor Lizards: Sauria: Varanidae: Polydaedalus. Journal of Biogeography 29:1643-1702.
The 1997 article talks about habitats of the African Varanus, depicted in two charts of habitat and rainfall. The 2000a-b articles in Reptiles talks about geographic variations of the African varanids, and why [= you may wish to find those]. The 2002 paper is a plot maps of the distribution of the African varanids with 3,000 localities listed by species by country for each species; I am currently working on another list, adding an additional 2000 localities for these animals and a few new species too in Africa.
If your seriously interested in getting these articles and reviewing them yourself, email me, and I will tell you how much they cost to get and postage (no, they're not free anymore but I charge my cost for them).
There are localities where black throats live, and others where white throats live, and populations that are all black, all white, some reds, pinks and misc colors that are amazing!
cheers,
markb
