Varanus rosenbergi
2 Heath or Rosenberg's Monitor at Tennent, ACT
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| Varanus rosenbergi | WillO | 13 Dec 2021 | |
| Varanus rosenbergi | Jek | 13 Dec 2021 |
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4 comments
13 Dec 2021
I agree.
The two previous RG records near Callitris Lookout in 2019 and 2020 may well have been the same animal but this seems to be a second individual, and looks to be another male.
(Sightings/4360465 24 Dec 2020 DerekC. Face obscured. Necrotic tip of tail. Contrasty tail stripes.
Sightings/4183697 6 Jan 2019 Mick Reid. Left Face visible but not tail.
Jek if you can post a photo showing a closer view of the face, it may aid in future recognition of individuals.
The two previous RG records near Callitris Lookout in 2019 and 2020 may well have been the same animal but this seems to be a second individual, and looks to be another male.
(Sightings/4360465 24 Dec 2020 DerekC. Face obscured. Necrotic tip of tail. Contrasty tail stripes.
Sightings/4183697 6 Jan 2019 Mick Reid. Left Face visible but not tail.
Jek if you can post a photo showing a closer view of the face, it may aid in future recognition of individuals.
14 Dec 2021
Sorry Don, these were the only pics I got - I nearly always have my camera with me but this time I didn't so only phone photos. I can try cropping to see if it helps. Also, this was a fairly small individual
14 Dec 2021
Thanks Jek, Cropping may be worth it if we get a better view of the face after file is posted to CNM. (Maybe the photo quality gets reduced in the posting process, I dont know.) And thanks for size comment, because I had thought this was a big individual. At Naas Valley we have yet to see a female over 1.2 kg but males are typically about 2.2 kg. So far no large individual at Naas valley has been female. I admit there is a record from the 1990s at Googong of a female far larger than any male we have seen, but at that stage of knowledge sex was very difficult to determine.
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- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Tennent, ACT
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- 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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