AUSTRALIAN REPTILE PHOTOS, DISTRIBUTION MAPS AND INFORMATION
This site covers 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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BLUE TAILED (Kalabeck's) MONITOR
Varanus doreanus
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FINSCH'S MONITOR
Varanus finschi
(was
Varanus doreanus finschi)
(Very similar to Varanus doreanus -status in Australia uncertain)
BLUE TAILED (Kalabeck's) MONITOR Varanus doreanus ©2018 John Fowler and Rachel Barnes
BLUE TAILED (Kalabeck's) MONITOR Varanus doreanus ©2017 John Fowler and Rachel Barnes
BLUE TAILED (Kalabeck's) MONITOR Varanus doreanus ©2017 John Fowler and Rachel Barnes
The above photographs of Varanus doreanus were taken at the Rimba Reptile Park Bali
At least 1 confirmed specimen of Varanus doreanus has been photographed on Cape York Australia.
The Blue-tailed monitor is found on the tip of the Cape York Peninsula (Australia) , also New Guinea, New Britain and in the Bismarck Archipelago.
The existence of Varanus finschi from Cape York Queensland Australia was based on a single specimen without exact locality data when this page was first created.
Varanus finschi is also found in New Britain, New Ireland, the Bismarck Archipelagoes well as Eastern areas of Papua New Guinea
Both species is easily confused with the Mangrove Monitor, V. indicus, however Varanus doreanus is normally found inland away from mangroves.
Updated June 25, 2018
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