BANGMA, G. C., H. J. ten DONKELAAR (1984a):
Cerebellar efferents in the lizard Varanus exanthematicus. 1. Corticonuclear projections. Journal of Comparative Neurology 228(3) 1984: 447-459.

BARBAS, H. A and A. H. M. LOHMAN (1988):
Primary projections and efferent cells of the 8th cranial nerve in the monitor lizard, Varanus exanthematicus. Journal of Comparative Neurology 277(2): 234-249.

BARBAS, H. A and F. G. WOUTERLOOD (1988):
Synaptic connections between primary trigeminal afferents and accessory abducens motor neurons in the monitor lizard, Varanus exanthematicus. Journal of Comparative Neurology 267(3): 387-397.

BARBAS, H. A. (1982):
The motor nuclei and primary projections of the facial nerve in the monitor lizard Varanus exanthematicus. Journal of Comparative Neurology 207(2): 105-113.

BARBAS, H. A. and A. H. M. LOHMAN (1984):
The motor nuclei and primary projections of the IXth, Xth, XIth, and XIIth cranial nerves in the monitor lizard, Varanus exanthematicus. Journal of Comparative Neurology 226(4): 565-579

BARBAS, H. A. and A. H. M. LOHMAN (1986):
The motor complex and primary projections of the trigeminal nerve in the monitor lizard, Varanus exanthematicus. Journal of Comparative Neurology 254(3): 314-392.

BENNETT, D. (2000a):
Preliminary data on the diet of juvenile Varanus exanthematicus (Sauria: Varanidae) in the coastal plain of Ghana. Herpetological Journal 10 (2):75-76.

BENNETT, D. (2000b):
The density and abundance of juvenile Bosc’s monitor lizards (Varanus exanthematicus) in the coastal plain of Ghana. Amphibia-Reptilia 21:301-306.

BENNETT, D. (2000c):
Observations on Bosc’s monitor lizard (Varanus exanthematicus) in the wild. Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetology Society 35(8): 177-180.

BENNETT, D. and B. BASUGLO (1998):
Lacertilia: Varanus exanthematicus (Bosc's Monitor): Predation. Herpetological Review. 29(4): 240-241.

BURGGREN, W. and K. JOHANSEN (1982):
Ventricular haemodynamics in the monitor lizard Varanus exanthematicus: Pulmonary and systemic pressure separation. Journal of Experimental Biology 96: 343-354.

DUPE-GODET, M. (1984):
Characterization and measurement of plasma somatostatin-like immunoreactivity in a Sahelian lizard (Varanus exanthematicus) during starvation. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A Comparative Physiology 78(1): 53-58.

DUPE-GODET, M. and Y. ADJOVI (1981a):
Seasonal variations of immunoreactive glucagon contents in pancreatic extracts of a Sahelian lizard (Varanus exanthematicus). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A Comparative Physiology 69(1): 31-42.

DUPE-GODET, M. and Y. ADJOVI (1981b):
Seasonal variations of immunoreactive insulin contents in pancreatic extracts of a Sahelian lizard (Varanus exanthematicus).Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A Comparative Physiology 69(4): 717-729.

DUPE-GODET, M. and Y. ADJOVI . (1983):
Somatostatin-like immunoreactivity in pancreatic extracts of a Sahelian lizard (Varanus exanthematicus) during starvation. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A Comparative Physiology 75(3): 347-352.

GLASS, M. L., S. C. WOOD, R. W. HOYT, and K. JOHANSEN (1979):
Chemical control of breathing in the lizard, Varanus exanthematicus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A Comparative Physiology 62(4): 999-1003.

GODET, R., X. MATTEI and M. DUPE-GODET (1983):
Ultrastructure of the exocrine pancreas in a Sahelian reptile (Varanus exanthematicus) during starvation. Journal of Morphology 176(2): 131-139.

GODET, R., X. MATTEI and M. DUPE-GODET (1984):
Alterations of endocrine pancreas B cells in a Sahelian reptile (Varanus exanthematicus) during starvation. Journal of Morphology 180(3): 173-180.

HEISLER, N., P. NEUMANN and G. M. MALOIY (1983):
The mechanism of intracardiac shunting in the lizard Varanus exanthematicus. Journal of Experimental Biology 105: 15-31.

HICKS, J. W., T. WANG and A. F. BENNETT (2000):
Patterns of cardiovascular and ventilatory response to elevated metabolic states in the lizard Varanus exanthematicus. Journal of Experimental Biology 203(16): 2437

HOOGLAND, P. V. (1981):
Spinothalamic projections in a lizard, Varanus exanthematicus: an HRP study. Journal of Comparative Neurology 198(1): 7-12.

JENKINS, F. A. Jr., and G. E. GOSLOW (1983):
The functional anatomy of the shoulder of the savannah monitor lizard (Varanus exanthematicus). Journal of Morphology 175(2): 195-216.

LANDSMEER, J. M. F. (1983):
The mechanism of forearm rotation in Varanus exanthematicus. Journal of Morphology 175(2): 119-130.

LUEBKE, J. I., J. M. WEIDER, R. W. MCCARLEY and R. W. GREENE (1992):
Distribution of NADPH, diaphorase positive somata in the brainstem of the monitor lizard Varanus exanthematicus. Neuroscience Letters. 148 (1, 2): 129-132.

MAINA, J. N., G. M. O. MALOIY, C. N. WARUI, E. K. NJOGU, and E. D. KOKWARO (1989):
Scanning electron microscope study of the morphology of the reptilian lung: the savanna monitor lizard Varanus exanthematicus and the pancake tortoise Malacochersus tornieri. Anatomical Record 224(4): 514-522.

MÜLLER, L. (1905):
Der westafrikanische Steppenwaran (Varanus exanthematicus). Blätter für Aquarien und Terrarienfreunde (-kunde) 16: 266-268. 

RÖDER, A. & H.-G. HORN (1994):
Über zwei Nachzuchten des Steppenwarans (Varanus exanthematicus). Salamandra 30 (2): 97 -108, Rheinbach.

SAKAI, K., N. KARASAWA and K. YAMADA (1995):
Immunocytochemical localization of APUD cells in the hypothalamus of the grass parakeet (Melopsittacus undulatus) and the lizard (Varanus exanthematicus). Biogenic Amines 11 (1): 7-17

SMITH, K. K. (1982):
An electromyographic study of the function of the jaw adducting muscles in Varanus exanthematicus (Varanidae). Journal of Morphology 173(2): 137-158.

SMITH, K. K. and W. L. HYLANDER (1985):
Strain gauge measurement of mesokinetic movement in the lizard Varanus exanthematicus. Journal of Experimental Biology. 114: 53- 70.

ten DONKELAAR, H J., G. C. BANGMA, H. A. BARBAS,  R. de BOER-VAN HUIZEN, and J. G. WOLTERS (1987):
The brain stem in a lizard, Varanus exanthematicus. Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology 107: i, xiii, 1-168

ten DONKELAAR, H. J. and R.. de BOER-VAN HUIZEN (1988):
Brain stem afferants to the anterior dorsal ventricular ridge in a lizard (Varanus exanthematicus). Anatomy and Embryology 177(5): 465-475.

ten DONKELAAR, H. J., G. C. BANGMA and R. de BOER-VAN HUIZEN (1985):
The fasciculus longitudinalis medialis in the lizard Varanus exanthematicus 2. Vestibular and internuclear components. Anatomy and Embryology 172(2): 205-215

ten DONKELAAR, H., J and R. de BOER-VAN HUIZEN (1981):
Ascending projections of the brain stem reticular formation in a nonmammalian vertebrate (the lizard Varanus exanthematicus), with notes on the afferent connections of the forebrain. Journal of Comparative Neurology 200(4): 501-528.

ten DONKELAAR, H., J. and de BOER-VAN HUIZEN , R. (1984a):
Ascending and descending axon collaterals efferent from the brainstem reticular formation. A retrograde fluorescent tracer study in the lizard, Varanus exanthematicus. Brain Research 34(1) 1984: 184-188.

ten DONKELAAR, H., J. and de BOER-VAN HUIZEN , R. (1984b):
The fasciculus longitudinalis medialis in the lizard Varanus exanthematicus. 1. Interstitiospinal, reticulospinal and vestibulospinal components. Anatomy and Embryology 169(2): 177-184.

VISSER, G. J. (1981):
Breeding the white-throated monitor Varanus exanthematicus albigularis at the Rotterdam Zoo. International Zoo Yearbook 21:87-91.

WESIAK, K. (2006):
Zur Pflege und Nachzucht des westafrikanischen Steppenwarans Varanus (Polydaedalus) exanthematicus (BOSC, 1792). Elaphe 14 (3): 21-34.

WOLTERS, J. G., H. J.  ten DONKELAAR, and A. A. J. VERHOFSTAD (1986b):
Distribution of some peptides (substance P, (leu) enkephalin, (met) enkephalin) in the brain stem and spinal cord of a lizard, Varanus exanthematicus. Neuroscience 18(4): 917-946.

WOLTERS, J. G., R. de BOER-VAN HUIZEN. H. J. ten DONKELAAR and L. LEENEN (1986a):
Collateralization of descending pathways from the brainstem to the spinal cord in a lizard, Varanus exanthematicus. Journal of Comparative Neurology 251(3) 1986: 317-333.

WOOD, S. C, K. JOHANSEN, M. L. GLASS and R. W. HOYT (1981):
Acid-base regulation during heating and cooling in the lizard, Varanus exanthematicus. Journal of Applied Physiology 50(4): 779-783.

WOOD, S.C., K. JOHANSEN, M. L. GLASS and G. M. O. MALOIY (1978):
Aerobic metabolism of the lizard Varanus exanthematicus: effects of activity, temperature, and size. Journal of Comparative Physiology 127(4) 1978: 331-336.

YEBOAH, S. (1993):
Aspects of biology of two sympatric species of monitor lizards Varanus niloticus and Varanus exanthematicus (Reptilia, Sauria) in Ghana. African Journal of Ecology. 32: 331-333.