HEATH MONITOR

Photographed on Kangaroo Island, South Australia, January 2019

123                   HEATH MONITOR                         Varanus rosenbergi

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS                    88

Also known as Rosenberg's Goanna. Found in open woodlands and heaths on sandy soils from sw WA to western Victoria, with isolated pockets in ACT and mid-coast NSW.

SAND MONITOR

25             SAND MONITOR                 Varanus gouldii

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS              18

Also known as Gould's Goanna. Wide-spread across mainland except central Queensland and se coastal areas Sydney to Adelaide. Ranges over large area foraging for insects, reptiles, birds, mammals and carrion. Shelters in burrows or hollow logs.