Mupurwa
Mupurwa (monitor lizard) imhuka yakafanana nedzvinyu asi iyo iri hombe. Mupurwa uri pamupanda wemhuka dzinokambaira uye unowanikwa munyika yeZimbabwe. Mudzimwe nzvimbo dze Zimbabwe, mupurwa uyu unonzi gwereweshe.Miswe yemipurwa inesimba uye inocheka.Tamukanashe Raphel Mariso wepa Bulawayo Adventist High Shool ane zita rekunemera rokuti mupurwa . Akapiwa zita iri maSamsom musure mekunge aramba kunzi nyoka.
Mitauro yeBantu
chinjirudza- VaMambwe vanoti mumbulwe (n. a large specimen of water monitor lizard) kureva rudzi rwemupurwa.
- Baila vanoti bulwe (n. iguana) kureva rudzi rwemupurwa. Yao vanoti sakata kureva mupurwa.
- VaMbugwe vanoti mbulu (n. large lizard). Ndau vanoti gwama kureva mupurwa.
- IsiZulu vanoti imbulu (n. monitor lizard) kureva mupurwa. Chewa vanoti gondwa kureva mupurwa.