by Peter Rowland | Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Spencer’s Monitor Scientific Name: Varanus spenceri Size: 1.2 m What does it look like? Spencer’s Monitor is a heavy, thick-set goanna, with short, laterally flattened tail and rounded snout. Greyish-brown above with numerous paler and darker spots, and...
by Peter Rowland | Monday, October 19, 2020
Ridge-tailed Monitor Scientific Name: Varanus acanthurus Size: Total Length 650 mm What does it look like? The Ridge-tailed Monitor is reddish to blackish-brown above, with numerous pale to bright yellowish spots on back and flanks forming conspicuous eye-like rings....
by Peter Rowland | Sunday, October 18, 2020
Lace Monitor Scientific Name: Varanus varius Size: Total Length up to 2 m What does it look like? The Lace Monitor is a moderately robust goanna with long, laterally compressed tail that extends to a thin, ‘whip-like’ end. It is generally bluish-black above with...
by Peter Rowland | Sunday, October 18, 2020
Heath Monitor Scientific Name: Varanus rosenbergi Size: Total Length 1.3m What does it look like? The Heath Monitor is moderately robust, with medium-length, laterally compressed tail. Dark grey to blackish above, with fine yellow or white spotting, forming...
by Peter Rowland | Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Yellow-spotted Monitor Scientific Name: Varanus panoptes Size: Total Length 1.4m What does it look like? The Yellow-spotted Monitor is stocky, with powerful limbs and moderately long, laterally compressed tail. Reddish-brown to blackish above, with alternating...
