Varanus rosenbergi
2 Heath or Rosenberg's Monitor at Undefined Area
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| Varanus rosenbergi | wombey | 19 Dec 2023 | |
| Varanus rosenbergi | CarbonAI | 19 Dec 2023 | |
| Varanus varius | Safarigirl | 19 Dec 2023 |
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3 comments
20 Dec 2023
If you compare your second photo with that of a gonna taken in this same vicinity in 2014 they look like they possibly could be the same goanna see Varanus rosenbergi (Heath or Rosenberg's Monitor)
@DonFletcher @bambararick
@DonFletcher @bambararick
20 Dec 2023
Hi @MichaelMulvaney @bambararick @Safarigirl, Sorry I cant see the similarity Michael. Pretty sure they are different. But if people take and store images of the left face and right face of goannas sighted in the area, sooner or later some resightings are expected. This species lives for decades. Our movements research over 4 years shows they are highly faithful to a home range for that length of time, but also males can make excursions out to places up to 12 km away and back. There appear to be different patterns, for example naturmapr records in the Baroona area show several individuals seen repeatedly over 7 years plus a few seen only once. That contrasts with the Gudgenby area where there have been no repeats, suggesting Gudgenby MAY be a 'sink' population, replenished by overflow out of the nearby Naas Valley population. @bambararick you asked in 2014 how to make Rosenberg's more successful. The answer is to reduce predation by foxes. Not easy to achieve I know, but you dont need to bring the fox population as low as required for some other native species. Large areas of bushland are also needed.
20 Dec 2023
@Safarigirl and I are about 800 metres from each other - wouldn't be a surprise if it is the same one.
Location information
- Places Burra, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- Safarigirl Recorded by
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- Safarigirl 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
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