This Northern Yellow Spotted Monitor (Varanus panoptes panoptes) allowed me to approach close enough to take this pictureīefore running away. The picture above was taken on the side of the Stuart Highway North of Katherine
Northern Yellow Spotted Monitor ( Varanus panoptes panoptes), Darwin area
This very large Yellow Spotted Monitor ( Varanus panoptes panoptes) has a belly full of food This Yellow Spotted Monitor ( Varanus panoptes panoptes) has blood on its head after putting its inside this dead wallaby for a feed.īanding on the tail which is commonly seen on this species. Yellow Spotted Monitor ( Varanus panoptes panoptes) inserts its head inside this dead wallaby for a feed. Whereas Varanus panoptes panoptes usually has a yellowish tail tip which as some banding on it. The Desert Spotted Monitor (Varanus panoptes rubidus) (ORANGE ON MAP) may have a solid yellow tail tip like most Sand Monitors (Varanus gouldii), It is also found on some offshore islands Note that a 3rd subspecies called the Argus Monitor (Varanus panoptes horni) (RED ON MAP) which is found in New Guinea and some Torres Strait Islands.Īccording to Glen Storr of the WA Museum this subspecies is a synonym of Varanus panoptes panoptesĪpproximate distribution of Yellow Spotted Monitors (Varanus panoptes) The Northern Yellow Spotted Monitor ( Varanus panoptes panoptes) is Shown in GREEN on the map. Yellow Spotted Monitors (Varanus panoptes) are often confused with the Sand Monitor (Varanus gouldii) and people often dispute the identity of some specimens.Ī large Yellow Spotted Monitor ( Varanus panoptes panoptes) feeding on a dead wallaby - photographed on south-western Cape York, QueenslandĪpproximate distribution of Yellow Spotted Monitors (Varanus panoptes) of large Australian monitor lizard, also known as Gould s monitor the sand monitor or racehorse goanna.Note that a 3rd subspecies called the Argus Monitor (Varanus panoptes horni) which is found in New Guinea and some Torres Strait Islands.Īccording to Glen Storr of the WA Museum that subspecies is a synonym of Varanus panoptes panoptes however the The Reptile Database still lists it as Varanus panoptes horni.Timor monitor or spotted tree monitor is a species of small monitor lizards native to the island of Timor and some adjacent islands.The Bengal monitor Varanus bengalensis or common Indian monitor is a monitor lizard found widely distributed over the Indian Subcontinent, as well as.The Asian water monitor Varanus salvator also called common water monitor is a large varanid lizard native to South and Southeast Asia.water monitor Varanus cumingi also commonly known as the Philippine water monitor or Cuming s water monitor is a large species of monitor lizard.Mitchell s water monitor Varanus mitchelli is a semiaquatic species of monitor lizard in the family Varanidae.
The Pilbara rock monitor Varanus pilbarensis is a small member of the family Varanidae endemic to the Chichester Range in North West Australia.