THE REPTILES OF AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIAN REPTILE PHOTOS, DISTRIBUTION MAPS AND INFORMATION
Covering Snakes and Lizards, Crocodiles and Turtles, including Colubrid snakes, Pythons, Elapids (called Cobras or Coral Snakes in some countries), Sea Snakes, File Snakes, Blind (or Worm) Snakes, Sea Turtles, Freshwater Turtles (or Tortoises) Dragon Lizards (Agamas), Gecko's, Legless Lizards Monitor Lizards (often called Goanna's in Australia), Skinks and Crocodilia

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A Listing of Australian Monitors
Distribution Key
ORDER: SQUAMATA (LIZARDS AND SNAKES)
SUBORDER: SAURIA (LIZARDS)
 Family: Varanidae (Monitors)

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Subgenus Scientific Name Common Name Distribution
Odatria Varanus acanthurus acanthurus Northwestern Ridge-Tailed Monitor WA, NT
Odatria Varanus acanthurus brachyurus Common Ridge-tailed Monitor WA, SA, NT, Qld
Odatria Varanus acanthurus insulanicus Island Ridge-Tailed Monitor NT
Odatria Varanus baritji Black Spotted Ridge-tailed Monitor NT
Odatria Varanus brevicauda Short-Tailed Pygmy Monitor NT,Qld,SA,WA
Odatria Varanus bushi *Pilbara Pygmy Monitor WA
Odatria Varanus caudolineatus Line-Tailed Pygmy Monitor WA
Euprepiosaurus Varanus doreanus *Blue -Tailed or Kalabeck's Monitor Qld
Odatria Varanus eremius Rusty Desert Monitor NT,Qld,SA,WA
Euprepiosaurus Varanus finschi (was V. doreanus finschi) *Finsch's Monitor Qld
Varanus Varanus giganteus Perentie NT,Qld,SA,WA
Odatria Varanus gilleni Pygmy Mulga Monitor NT,Qld,SA,WA
Odatria Varanus glauerti Kimberley Rock Monitor NT,WA
Odatria Varanus glebopalma Long-Tailed Rock (Black-palmed) Monitor NT,Qld,WA
Varanus Varanus gouldii gouldii Sand Monitor WA SA NT(arid interior)
Varanus Varanus gouldii flavirufus Centralian Sand Monitor WA SA NT(arid interior)
Euprepiosaurus Varanus indicus Mangrove Monitor NT,Qld
Euprepiosaurus Varanus keithhornei Canopy Goanna Qld
Odatria Varanus kingorum Pygmy Rock Monitor NT,WA
Varanus Varanus mertensi Mertens' Water Monitor NT,Qld,WA
Odatria Varanus mitchelli Mitchell's Water Monitor NT,WA
Varanus Varanus panoptes rubidus Desert Spotted Monitor WA
Varanus Varanus panoptes panoptes Northern Yellow-Spotted Monitor NT,Qld,WA
Odatria Varanus pilbarensis * Pilbara Rock Monitor WA
Odatria Varanus primordius Northern Blunt-Spined Monitor NT
Varanus Varanus rosenbergi Rosenberg's Heath Monitor NSW,SA,Vic,WA
Odatria Varanus scalaris Spotted Tree Monitor NT,Qld,WA
Odatria Varanus scalaris ( V. pellewensis) *Red Blotched Monitor Qld
Odatria Varanus scalaris ("V. kuranda") *Ocellated Rainforest Monitor Qld
Odatria Varanus semiremex Rusty Monitor Qld
Varanus Varanus spenceri Spencer's Monitor NT,Qld
Odatria Varanus storri storri Eastern Storr's Monitor NT, Qld
Odatria Varanus storri ocreatus Western Storr's Monitor NT
Varanus Varanus tristis tristis Black-headed Monitor NT, SA, WA
Varanus Varanus tristis orientalis Freckled Monitor NSW, NT, Qld, WA
Varanus Varanus varius Lace Monitor & Bell's Monitor NSW,Qld,SA,Vic



DISTRIBUTION KEY
Click on the abbreviation below to see a map of the area

CKI = Cocos (Keeling) Island
NSW = New South Wales
NT = Northern Territory
Qld = Queensland
SA = South Australia
Tas = Tasmania
Vic = Victoria
WA = Western Australia

 

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