Varanus rosenbergi
Heath or Rosenberg's Monitor at Cotter River, ACT
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| Varanus rosenbergi | DonFletcher | 24 Oct 2019 | |
| Varanus rosenbergi | Jek | 23 Oct 2019 |
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24 Oct 2019
This species can live at least 20 years in the wild. I think that photos of left and right faces, like these, can be used to identify individuals, probably even many years later. For example the area in front of the eye often has a pattern similar to an Eye of Horus, whose variations distinguish individuals, but the left face of this individual has a more unusual pattern.
Location information
- Maps Lower Cotter Catchment
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
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Species information
- Varanus rosenbergi Scientific name
- Heath or Rosenberg's Monitor Common name
- Sensitive
- Very rare / threatened
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1432.1m Recorded at altitude
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