THE REPTILES OF AUSTRALIA

AUSTRALIAN REPTILE PHOTOS, DISTRIBUTION MAPS AND INFORMATION
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SAND MONITOR (or GOANNA)
Varanus gouldii gouldii
and

CENTRALIAN SAND MONITOR (or GOANNA)
Varanus gouldii flavirufus
(status uncertain)

  
This specimen has a tick in front of its eye.
   
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The two specimens above were photographed near Wilcannia, NSW.

Also called the Sand Monitor or Gould's Goanna/Monitor. This species is often confused with the Yellow Spotted Monitor Varanus panoptes. This species widely ranges throughout most of Australia except the far southeastern portion. The subspecies Varanus gouldii flavirufus is found in the arid interior.

This half grown Sand goanna is possibly Varanus gouldii flavirufus or intermediate between the 2 subspecies


This Sand goanna is Varanus gouldii flavirufus

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MONITORS OF THE WORLD
by John Fowler

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