Varanus varius

Lace Monitor at Nanima, NSW

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Identification history

	Varanus varius	3 Feb 2018	WillO
	Varanus varius	3 Feb 2018	81mv

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Significant sighting

MichaelMulvaney noted:

5 Feb 2018

Recent Tree Goanna records within the Canberra region are very rare and far between

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WillO wrote:

4 Feb 2018

Well done - a very useful record of the Lace Monitor (Varanus varius). We do get regular records of Rosenberg's Monitor (another species of goanna) from out towards Gundaroo but Lace Monitor's seem to be exceptionally rare in the Canberra region. Keep up the good recording. WillO
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81mv wrote:

4 Feb 2018

Thanks. We have started to see the lace monitors a few times a season just in the last couple of years here - usually when they come chasing the rosella chicks nesting in our trees.
Though they’re sometimes after bigger prey - our neighbors just had one big monitor take one of their ducks!

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Location information

Places Nanima, NSW

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
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Species information

Varanus varius Scientific name
Lace Monitor Common name
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Rare or uncommon native
Non-invasive or negligible
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