Varanus rosenbergi
2 Heath or Rosenberg's Monitor at Hackett, ACT
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| Varanus rosenbergi | wombey | 12 Nov 2024 | |
| Varanus rosenbergi | CarbonAI | 12 Nov 2024 | |
| Varanus rosenbergi | abread111 | 12 Nov 2024 | |
| Unverified | Chippo66 | 12 Nov 2024 |
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Significant sighting
DonFletcher noted:
13 Nov 2024
The photo demonstrates the potential for photos to help estimate population abundance.
User's notes
Rosenberg monitor
1 comment
13 Nov 2024
Hi @abread111, @wombey and @Chippo66. Thanks for your report @Chippo66. This is almost certainly the goanna named 'Rum' by one of the goanna survey volunteers in 2023 on the basis of a short name for a shortened goanna, while continuing the use of names beginning with R which was started by Matt Higgins in 2015. Prior to the 2023 capture and careful recording of Rum, I had separately noted this goanna as two individuals, one from his left face, recorded in Canberra Nature Map (CNM) on Mt Majura by one person, and the other from his right face, recorded at Campbell Park by another person. So finding Rum in 2023 REDUCED the known goanna population by one.
We now have seven individuals recorded by their face photos. There are also photos in CNM of what I suspect to be a couple more individuals but cant be sure because the face markings were not clear enough in the photos to confidently identify the goannas.
We now have seven individuals recorded by their face photos. There are also photos in CNM of what I suspect to be a couple more individuals but cant be sure because the face markings were not clear enough in the photos to confidently identify the goannas.
Location information
- Maps Mount Ainslie
- Places Hackett, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- Chippo66 Recorded by
- Unknown Gender
Collections
- Significant Chippo66 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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6 / 7
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- Verified by an expert moderator
- GPS evidence of location
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