Varanus varius
10 Lace Monitor at Hall, ACT
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| Varanus varius | wombey | 25 Mar 2021 | |
| Varanus varius | Keltshi | 25 Mar 2021 |
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Significant sighting
3 comments
25 Mar 2021
Excellent record of this now very 'uncommon' goanna - well done. Just checking, was the sighting just inside the ACT or just in NSW? Thanks, Will
26 Mar 2021
This seems to be a significant sighting, a Tree Goanna just inside the ACT and unlikely to be ex-captive. Species now almost extinct now in the ACT. It is ~15km from the known Tree Goanna area to the north. However its prospects of long term survival seem poor because the patch of bush it is in is likely to be much too small to sustain it and the Barton Highway separates that from the next nearest bit of bush.
3 Apr 2021
The Tree Goanna was sighted in Travelling Stock Route (TSR) near Hall, one of Canberra Nature Park areas.
Location information
- Places Hall, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- Keltshi Recorded by
- Unknown Gender
Collections
- Significant Keltshi Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Varanus varius Monitors & Geckos Reptiles and Frogs
Species information
- Varanus varius Scientific name
- Lace Monitor Common name
- Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 798.6m Recorded at altitude
Record quality
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5 / 7
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