Identification of lizard needed

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GypsyDrifter
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25 Oct 2013 4:10pm
Yesterday The country roads were busy with at least 3
6 to 7 foot Dugites one squashed and 2 attempting to cross busy roads
and today at lunch time this little fellow was sunning him/her self
on some bricks
For the 2 years I have nearly been in this place I have not seen this
type of lizard before and don't know what it is..

?

WA71
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25 Oct 2013 4:16pm
Dunno, maybe a small bungarra? Good size one tho
GypsyDrifter
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25 Oct 2013 4:17pm
Thats what I thought doggie..
but buggered if he comes up in my google search
WA71
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25 Oct 2013 4:25pm


I could be spelling it wrong

Toph
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25 Oct 2013 5:47pm
That Doggie, is because it's 'Bungarrow'
stamp
stamp
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25 Oct 2013 8:15pm
gypsy: i reckon that's a black-headed monitor. they vary a lot in colour depending on the environment.
GypsyDrifter
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25 Oct 2013 6:43pm
monitor
Thanks Stamp...thats the name I could not remember..
Stunning Reptile!
myusernam
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25 Oct 2013 8:48pm
i call everythng bugger than a lizard a goanna. Its simpler
WA71
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25 Oct 2013 7:03pm
Toph said...
That Doggie, is because it's 'Bungarrow'


Told ya I got it rong
smicko
smicko
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25 Oct 2013 8:18pm
No you didn't en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_goanna
landyacht
landyacht
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25 Oct 2013 9:44pm
we also call perenti,just dont eat the ones from around Leonora or laverton tip
Hunter S
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25 Oct 2013 10:06pm
Goulds monitor, or sand monitor

Scientific name: Varanus gouldii
stamp
stamp
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26 Oct 2013 6:36am
Hunter S said..

Goulds monitor, or sand monitor

Scientific name: Varanus gouldii


i'm pretty sure it's not a sand monitor. look at the tail. sand monitors have laterally compressed tails- the monitor in the photo has a round tail.
sand monitors always have a stripe running back from the eye, where gypsy's doesn't.
also, sand monitors are bigger than that little fella.

it's a varanus tristis, not gouldii
choco
choco
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26 Oct 2013 7:25am
it doesn't matter what it is you can still eat it...throw it on the BBQ
Mobydisc
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26 Oct 2013 8:41am
It looks like some sort of goanna at the very least.
E T
E T
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26 Oct 2013 8:52am
Don't throw it on the Barbie. They taste awfull.
Really tough and no flavour.

ET.
Hunter S
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26 Oct 2013 9:48am
stamp said..

Hunter S said..

Goulds monitor, or sand monitor

Scientific name: Varanus gouldii


i'm pretty sure it's not a sand monitor. look at the tail. sand monitors have laterally compressed tails- the monitor in the photo has a round tail.
sand monitors always have a stripe running back from the eye, where gypsy's doesn't.
also, sand monitors are bigger than that little fella.

it's a varanus tristis, not gouldii


Looks more like tristis so Could be. I assumed cause Gypsy was in SW wa that it had to be a gouldii, but a juvenile. I'm no expert.
sn
sn
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26 Oct 2013 6:46pm
Feed him boiled eggs and he will grow big and fat real fast,

The Bungs at Wodgina prefered the bar snacks- chicken wings, seafood platters etc,
and would sit on the benches between us while they helped themselves.

They also like frogs, grasshoppers, canned tuna and cat food

stephen
mineral1
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26 Oct 2013 6:55pm
sn said..
Feed him boiled eggs and he will grow big and fat real fast,

The Bungs at Wodgina prefered the bar snacks- chicken wings, seafood platters etc,

and would sit on the benches between us while they helped themselves.

They also like frogs, grasshoppers, canned tuna and cat foodstephen


They are funny like that. Had one who used to wait until cribb time then wonder out of the bush to get an egg or two we used to take out to the drill rigs. Moved the rigg 20 k's or so, day later the big bugger showed up like a lost dog right on cribb time. We made sure we only gave him eggs, just in case he got crook on wodjila tucka
gibberjoe
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27 Oct 2013 9:57am

www.perthnow.com.au/

reading the perth news today, SN, your butt turned up
GypsyDrifter
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27 Oct 2013 1:38pm
sn said..

Feed him boiled eggs and he will grow big and fat real fast,

The Bungs at Wodgina prefered the bar snacks- chicken wings, seafood platters etc,
and would sit on the benches between us while they helped themselves.

They also like frogs, grasshoppers, canned tuna and cat food

stephen



Gosh I feed the neighbourhood as it is sn

It's probably the cat food, maggie food he is after...
or he just might be passing through as alot of the river wildlife seem
to do as we are 60 meters from the Serpentine river
Paradox
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28 Oct 2013 11:07am
Definately a Black Headed Monitor.....

Little Jon
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28 Oct 2013 12:49pm
Mobydisc said..

It looks like some sort of goanna at the very least.


that's what I thought
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