Sand Goanna at Hall, ACT
Identification history
| Varanus gouldii | 29 Mar 2024 | DonFletcher | ||
| Varanus rosenbergi | 3 Mar 2017 | MichaelMulvaney |
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User's notes
David Wong stated "Road Kill Damon Cusack sighting. Light patch on tail appears a little like gouldii but D. Cusack reported colour had rubbed off from being run over. W. Osborne confirmed identification as V. rosenbergi from photo."
4 comments
BrianLR
wrote:
22 Mar 2024
relooking at this specimen, it does look a lot like V. gouldii with its overall colour and appearance, the record is also in closse proximity to the reptile zoo, where V. gouldii are kept.
DonFletcher
wrote:
22 Mar 2024
I agree with Brian. This definitely looks more like gouldii than rosenbergi. There are various possible captive sources. Was any part of it kept? For example was the carcass donated to ANWC? @MichaelMulvaney @WillO @Wonga @BrianLR
Apologies @Wonga if you are not David Wong.
Apologies @Wonga if you are not David Wong.
WillO
wrote:
27 Mar 2024
I agree Brian and Don - clearly more like V. gouldii - lacks the crescent-shaped dark bands on the back of the neck found in rosenberg. If the white tail tip-like object is in fact the tail tip then that feature also holds for gouldii.
DonFletcher
wrote:
29 Mar 2024
Altered to V. gouldii 29/3/2024 on basis of tail tip colour, absence of curved bands on back of neck, and overall colour pattern. As pointed out by @BrianLR there is a nearby source of captive V gouldii. For info or comment: @wombey @WillO @MichaelMulvaney @BrianLR
Location information
- Coordinates 149.067168-35.177958
- Places Hall, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 24 Dec 2015 11:59 AM Recorded on
- MichaelMulvaney Recorded by
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Collections
MichaelMulvaney Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Varanus gouldii Monitors & Geckos Reptiles and Frogs
Species information
- Varanus gouldii Scientific name
- Sand Goanna Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 576.09m Recorded at altitude
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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