Heath or Rosenberg's Monitor at Namadgi National Park
Identification history
| Varanus rosenbergi | 31 Dec 2023 | wombey | ||
| Varanus rosenbergi | 31 Dec 2023 | CarbonAI | ||
| Varanus rosenbergi | 31 Dec 2023 | RobynHall |
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3 comments
DonFletcher
wrote:
1 Jan 2024
Hi @RobynHall, I think that was four Rosenberg's Goannas on three different Fire Trails that you recorded in one day, apparently just by passing observation. May be a record. Well done! Presumably you were on a horse or a mountain bike. If you do it again, photos of the left face and right face enable future identification of the individuals. They live for decades. I have face photos for 118 Naas Valley Goannas so far.
RobynHall
wrote:
1 Jan 2024
@DonFletcher Yes it was pretty amazing! I wouldn't have believed there were so many around out there. They certainly seemed to make use of the fire trails. All on foot - 56km over two days. Excellent to know about the face photos - will do my best on future trips. Cheers for the info!
DonFletcher
wrote:
1 Jan 2024
I can add you to my goanna news email group if you send me an email to don@npaact.org.au
Location information
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Booth, ACT
Sighting information
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- Alive / healthy Animal health
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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