LACE MONITOR

Photographed in Kiola State Forest, NSW, October

36            LACE MONITOR               Varanus varius   

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS                 22

Found on coast, ranges, slopes and adjacent pains of eastern and south-eastern Australia, from s-e SA to Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. Large arboreal lizard, feeds on insects, reptiles and small mammals, and major predator of nesting birds; also feeds on carrion.