Varanus varius
Lace Monitor at Gundaroo, NSW
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| Varanus varius | DonFletcher | 12 Jan 2022 | |
| Varanus varius | SwalaPark | 12 Jan 2022 |
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Monitor excavating a hole in a white ants nest that was the same nest a monitor was attracted to last year.
1 comment
15 Jan 2022
Thanks for the postings. The Goannas of our region need white ant mounds to nest in. The Gundaroo area seems to support an important remnant population and looking after this Goanna means looking after the white ant mounds.
Location information
- Places Gundaroo, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- SwalaPark Recorded by
- Nest building Breeding behaviour
- Unknown Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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- SwalaPark 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
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