Hi Shvar,
I read your post below on where to find info on V.a. ionidesi, and that is easy.
In 1963 Dr. Raymond Laurent was examining some juvenile V. albigularis from southern Tanzania. He noticed their markings differ from other forms of V. albigularis (microstictus) seen in Tanzania (they range from coastal Egypt to Mozambique and inland as far as Lake Victoria and Lake Tanganyika).
When I corresponded with Dr. Laurent, one of the 'Old Guard' Field Herpetologists who explored Africa with De Witte, Loveridge, Ionides, Pitman, FitzSimons (father and son), and a host of other herpetologists, he had many Varanus in his 60 years of exploration. He is a terribly nice and generous man, and gladly shares what he can; he is in his 80's now, so has slowed down abit. That is why I dedicated my African varanus distribution paper to him.
Anyways, he wrote a paper in 1964 describing the subspecies V.e. ionidesi in: Breviora, 199:1-8. Ask the librarian to help you find that journal title, and its easy...or send me $2.00 and I will post it to you....
Cheers Shvar,
markb
