Varanus rosenbergi
1 Heath or Rosenberg's Monitor at Booth, ACT
Identify this sighting
| Varanus rosenbergi | wombey | 10 Feb 2022 | |
| Unverified | Christine | 9 Feb 2022 |
Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.
User's notes
Very sad after spotting a Goanna by the side of the road to discover it was dead, head covered in ants. Goanna was about 1m long or a bit more, but small looking. Very embarrassed to admit I forgot to note the location, somewhere along Boboyan Road.
3 comments
10 Feb 2022
Hi Christine, This is a Rosenberg's Goanna. Thanks for stopping, and thanks for recording it. A few hours later I happened to be passing and collected this one for research! I took photos with my phone, so location would be recorded. Also I can check the photos I took of its left and right face against a database of face photos. Some of its liver will be used for toxin research, some teeth and bones to research ageing methods, and the remains offered to the Australian National Wildlife Collection. I will see if I can correct your location but I may have to create a new entry.
10 Feb 2022
Sighting 4423710 has this same animal posted in correct location i.e. -35.645556 149.004722
Location information
- Places Booth, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- Christine Recorded by
- Deceased Animal health
Collections
- Christine Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Varanus rosenbergi Monitors & Geckos Reptiles and Frogs
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
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
6 / 7
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- Description
- Additional attributes
- GPS evidence of location