1 Heath or Rosenberg's Monitor at Booth, ACT
Identification history
| Varanus rosenbergi | 10 Feb 2022 | wombey | ||
| Unidentified | 9 Feb 2022 | Christine |
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User's notes
Very sad after spotting a Goanna by the side of the road to discover it was dead, head covered in ants. Goanna was about 1m long or a bit more, but small looking. Very embarrassed to admit I forgot to note the location, somewhere along Boboyan Road.
3 comments
DonFletcher
wrote:
10 Feb 2022
Hi Christine, This is a Rosenberg's Goanna. Thanks for stopping, and thanks for recording it. A few hours later I happened to be passing and collected this one for research! I took photos with my phone, so location would be recorded. Also I can check the photos I took of its left and right face against a database of face photos. Some of its liver will be used for toxin research, some teeth and bones to research ageing methods, and the remains offered to the Australian National Wildlife Collection. I will see if I can correct your location but I may have to create a new entry.
DonFletcher
wrote:
10 Feb 2022
Sighting 4423710 has this same animal posted in correct location i.e. -35.645556 149.004722
Location information
- Places Booth, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 9 Feb 2022 02:09 PM Recorded on
- Christine Recorded by
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Collections
Reptiles and Frogs Monitors & Geckos
Additional information
- Deceased Animal health
Species information
- Varanus rosenbergi Scientific name
- Heath or Rosenberg's Monitor Common name
- Sensitive
- Very rare / threatened
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 717 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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