Sand Goanna
S7, Young, Profile
Sand Goanna
S7, Young, Back
| Sand Goanna S7, Young, Profile | | Sand Goanna S7, Young, Back | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Reptiles (Reptilia) | |||
| Order: | Scaled Reptiles (Squamata) | ||||
| Family: | Goanna (Varanidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Sand Goanna (Varanus gouldii) | ||||
| This Photo: | 🔍S7, Young, Anterior🔎 | ||||
Thank you Ralph Foster, Max Tibby, Ernst Weiher & Richard D Reams for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere More colourful when younger, turning more grey as they age. Sometimes when walking around Ellura we'll hear a thumping near by, to turn and see the back of one lifting dust as it disappears - no chance of a photograph Recently (Summer 2020/21) we have had a "resident" around the campsite. It's young, ~400mm long (SVL-not including the tail), and seems quite placid. Happy to sit there (but forever watching) as we moved about; got some close up shots. She's labelled S7. We saw a pair mating, 9th Nov 2021, and we think she is also S7 (mating with S8). S8 had the tip of his tail missing and an injured eye. | |||||
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