Varanus rosenbergi
1 Heath or Rosenberg's Monitor at Bywong, NSW
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| Varanus rosenbergi | WillO | 24 Sep 2023 | |
| Varanus rosenbergi | CarbonAI | 24 Sep 2023 | |
| Varanus rosenbergi | GJB | 24 Sep 2023 |
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1 comment
24 Sep 2023
Another good record. Just checking - did you actually see it capturing and eating frogs? We still don't know a great deal about the diet of this vulnerable lizard in our region so all observations of feeding are of much interest.
Location information
- Places Bywong, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- GJB Recorded by
- Male Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- GJB 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
4 / 7
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- Additional attributes
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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