BLACK-HEADED MONITOR

Photographed at Uluru, Northern Territory, October 2018

109                 BLACK-HEADED MONITOR                 Varanus tristis tristis  

AUSTRALIAN LIZARD                    77

Also known as Freckled Monitor. A subspecies of the Black-tailed Monitor, Varanus tristis. Found across most of WA, Queensland, all of NT, northern half SA, and nw NSW. Feeds mainly on insects, but also small lizards, eggs and rodents. Usually found in grassy woodlands.

Photographed at Standley Gorge, NT, October 2018