Varanus varius

3 Lace Monitor at Mogo, NSW

Varanus varius at Mogo, NSW - suppressed
Varanus varius at Mogo, NSW - suppressed
Varanus varius at Mogo, NSW - suppressed
Varanus varius at Mogo, NSW - suppressed
Varanus varius at Mogo, NSW - suppressed
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Identification history

Varanus varius 24 Sep 2019 PatrickCampbell
Varanus varius 24 Sep 2019 AlisonMilton

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Watched two goannas meet. Took around 400 photo, so hard to choose which ones to post.

4 comments

   25 Sep 2019
Great shots Alison. It looks like male combat. It must have been thrilling to watch.
AlisonMilton wrote:
   25 Sep 2019
Yes it was thrilling, but they were only metres in front of me and as they tussle brought them tumbling down the hill a bit in my direction I thought it was to get out of there. They were still going at it.
   25 Sep 2019
That's understandable, as they're formidable predators and having them fighting fiercely in close proximity would be a bit unnerving. Did you happen to get any video footage?
AlisonMilton wrote:
   26 Sep 2019
No sadly. I should have but I was too busy taking photos and I'm inexperienced at taking video with my DSLR. I find it hard to find the subject in Live View when the sun reflects off the screen.

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  • Varanus varius Scientific name
  • Lace Monitor Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • 364 images trained Machine learning

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