varanus gouldii

Hi, I have not a monitor :cry:but I want to see our monitors :Dand the cages of the monitors

Hi Everyone, Just returned from a trip to Katherine and the Eastern Kimberley. Below are a few finds from the trip. Not sure on my Gecko's and the skinks are just hard so advice on identification is welcome. Diporiphora-bilineata Boiga-irregularis Carlia Triacantha Crocodylus...

Do you have any interesting bush critter photos - please add I love walking around the bush at the back of our place looking for wildlife to photograph :D below are termites, an earwig (?) and a centerpede I found..

Hi everyone show us your monitors and there enclosures lets make a big monitor thread.cheers

l please would like to get to see some photo's, of other Reptile Keepers who keep Sand Monitor's, so we can learn more about them, and how they look from different locations around Australia, so if you know where your Sand Monitor come from in the wild natually, please state the name of the...

Scientific Name Varanus Gouldii Flavirufus Common Name Desert Sand Monitor Age Unknown Sex 1 female 2 males Length 85 to 110cm Quantity Available 3 Bred By N / A General Description l have 1 female and 2 male Desert Sand Monitor's, that all were collected on permit from...

hey i am looking at geting a lace monitor and was wondering if a 3m x 4m x2.5m cage would be ok for an aduld

Daily Telegraph Source: Two boa constrictors found in house March 05, 2009 11:22am AN anonymous tip-off led police to an unusual reptilian discovery southeast of Melbourne this morning – two boa constrictors. Officers from Victoria Police and the Department of Sustainability and...

l have posted a photo of my indoor Sand Monitor enclosure, that is 6 foot square and has walls that a 2 foot high and can be extended to 3 foot high. This photo is posted for (DA GRIZ) so he can get some idear of the size of my indoor enclosure l keep my adult male Sand Monitor in. or anyone...

The following are photos of my trip into the Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary and Resort. This privately operated reserve is located in some of South Australia's most scenic but inhospitable country. The reserve is situated at the northeastern end of the Flinder's Ranges. Access is via a 120km...

This year I've been out to the southern brigalow belt twice. Once to look for pale-headed snakes (which slacker has already mentioned), and another time to look for yakka skinks. Both trips were successful. My yakka skink trip took place over the long weekend, and I saw three new species (new to...

On the way to/from South Australia, I camped near Fowler's Gap along the Broken Hill to Tibooburra road in far northwestern New South Wales. This area is about a 15 hour drive from Wollongong so it is a good place to spend the night. The habitat here is incredibly bleak with many gibber flats...

I have just returned from an eight day trip to South Australia. As usual, I clocked up many kilometers (over 6000) so spent hours in the car. This was my first herping trip to this part of Australia and there were many beautiful dragons in the genus Ctenophorus that I hoped to photograph...

Hiya! Whats your favourite herp out of the options above? Mine would have to be the scrubbie:lol: Umm and I dont know many people that would sell an 11yr old a Scrub when their parents didnt know, so if anyone has any unwanted scrubbies give me a pm, just dont ring my parents:shock:;)...

post pics of your setups

Copied directly from my blog. --- Note: if you've seen the 2009 ReptilesDownUnder.com calendar, you might recognise some pictures here. We left The Warrumbungles in the morning and drove up to Girraween National Park, just across the border in Queensland. Despite it being quite close to...

After having ackies for a little while as my 1st monitor like most people do, now i've decided i'd like something a bit larger eventually leading up to lacies or perenties. So, I'd like a little help on deciding and i'm sure alot of other people would be interested in also knowing This...

As I mentioned in the first post, we drove an enormous distance in a few days. That, of course, meant many hours of sitting in the car. Naturally, in the dry areas, we saw a fair number of animals on the road. Watching for these or occasional quick stops helped us pass the time while we drove...

My son, Nicholas, and I have just returned from a quick trip out to Windorah, Queenlsand. Windorah is an isolated town in the channel country of the far southwestern corner of Queensland. This area is a long drive from Wollongong so we spent many hours in the car and traveled a little over...

And asked me to investigate, there was a tail inside and he wasn't sure who it was. I grabbed the torch and had a squiz and this is what I found..... A Lace monitor nest! All the occupants had hatched, 6 of the little cuties left! Funny thing is we have never seen Mummy or Daddy and the nest...

After Kalbarri, my wife and I drove north for about 5 hours to Denham, a small town on the central peninsula into Shark Bay. As we drove north, we left the sands and the beautiful wildflower country. This was replaced by mulga woodland. Further along, mulga trees replaced by low-growing...

l just want to share some photo's of my ourdoor enclosure, that l keep my Desert Sand Monitor's in all year around here in Melbourne Victoria. So if any of you are planning on building a ourdoor enclosure for your Monitor's or Dragon's, this will give you some idear in building a outdoor...

In this post, I will include photos from the coastal areas of Mission Beach along with photos from a short day trip inland to Murray Falls State Park. Mission Beach is a beautiful place with Dunk and the Family Islands a few km offshore. Although there is a great deal of development...

This Varanus gouldii I found during a hot day in the Gawler Ranges, SA. Quite an easy species to approach for photography. Lens equiv to 450mm.

Reptilia/Amphibia Screen Saver v1.1 (2008) Hi all, well the time has come. I have been deliberating for a while now and sourcing the right information in regards to doing it, and have now decided the plunge is to be taken. I am in the process of compiling a screen saver that covers all...

Hey, finally a field forum on the site. These are some photos from a fairly recent herp trip around western Queensland. The habitat is mostly semi-arid. We spent 6 days on this trip, travelling 6500km, leaving from and returning to Sydney. A total of 55 herp species were found. The first...

In October, 2006, I went on a quick trip to far western New South Wales. While there, I spent a couple of nights at Mutawintji National Park. This park is located north of the Barrier Highway between Wilcannia and Broken Hill. Mutawintji is a beautiful park that protects rugged gorges some of...

Since the new herping section has been put in i decided to re post this thread here, some of the IDs have been fixed up and ive deleted some of the blurry photos hope you all enjoy it. We went to lightningridge in April. On the way out we saw lots of road kill including a tiger snake on the...

Hi all, I was hoping someone could give me an accurate description of desert sand monitors range in WA. In particular how close they get to the coastline. Thanks in advance.

Hi All, This is part two of my Western Australia odyssey. Part one is here, and some lead up is on my blog. Stewart --- Today we're heading up to Shark Bay, the first stop on our two week adventure. I'm heading out with Dean Bradshaw and Farhan Bokhari. As we left Perth I noticed...

Still no field herping section so it'll soon be lost... Just got back from the mallee in SW NSW, we were trapping at a couple of sheep stations near Pooncarie :lol: At the homestead we stayed at there were plenty of frogs out at night (we were right on the Darling River) This tree...

Bored at work.. Cricket rain interupted... Went through a few old threads and put some fav pics together, hope ya like! (I found Mr GTF sitting on my bin again the other night, hadn't seen him in a while, not many around my place anymore at all so ncie to see him again!)

Driving through a back road near my place, i noticed a dead monitor on the road. The road is only about 80km max and red dirt with lots of rocks. Well someone hit this poor little guy ut on closer inspection we were debating the species, gould's or panoptes. The three books i have here don't...

hey guys. planning on building some enclosures.. i have on part with a floor space of 7 X 3 feet. (213cm X 90cm aprox) i was wondering if there was any sort of monitor i could keep. assuming this was 2 ft tall. i was told on the net, a spencer would be fine, only to read the recomended...

howdy all. i just got my first computer so im new to all this. im a tattooist from sa. been keeping herps since i was 10. currently have 4 speciesof pythons, 5 species of dragons, 2 types skinks, and 2 gecko types. any one in sa who wants reptile tattoos let me know. its great when i can...

hi about a month ago i got a sand goanna that hasnt got many claws and never flicks his tongue. i was wondering as i never asked the guy i got him off. how stupid of me. what could have caused these problems? i love him so much . i was wondering if some people cut there claws back so they dont...

Can anyone identify this Monitor? It was taken at Gooniwiiggal reserve in Inverell. I'm thinking it's Varanus gouldi gouldi. Thanks in advance. Mitch

l have 4 Desert Sand Monitor (Varanus Gouldii Flavirufus) eggs out of 8, that were laid on the 6 of October 2006. How do they look, l know there is still 4 and a half months of incubation to go, before they should start to hatch. They can take 210 to 250 days. Any answer or advice would be much...

what are those little mini tiny monitors called that dont grow very big? also anyone have ppics?

Hello I am looking for a female Sand goanna (Varanus gouldii gouldii) about 12 to 18 months old and also an unrelated juvenile pair of Yellow-spotted monitors (Varanus panoptes) Top dollar paid for top quality reptiles

Hi all, I recently moved to Darwin from Newcastle and on the drive up, while travelling at 130km/hr on the Barkley Highway, I spotted this little guy on the side of the road. I was over the moon to see one of these guys in the wild, moreso impressed I spotted him while travelling at that speed...

Hey pplz well i just thourght i would make a list of all animals that i have and i hope other people will add to the list with pets they own so here goes (its gonna be long): 3x Green Tree Frogs 2x Gillets Tree Frogs 2x red Eyed Green Tree Frogs 1x Sooky Dalmation 1x Little Brat of a cat...

Found this in the paper if anyone is intrested.

Here's one of the Cooltong Locals. Lots of these big Goannas around this year, also plenty of Beardies as well. Chezza

im about to get a baby monitor from a pet shop in melbourne, mainly cause i can find any breeders or any available in sydney. has any body ever got any herps from petshops? if so have you ever had any problems. i have seen pictures and the baby looks healthy, and i am told it is a great feeder...

Hi Everyone. I am planning a trip to the centre and i would like to hear from members who have been to these places and can offer me some advice on what creatures i am likely to see, where and when. Point me in the right direction because I want to take more photos than a Japanese...

Hi all, Well it ain't a secret that I'm a complete nut when it comes to goannas. I LOVE 'EM. Quite often in the past 4 months or so people have PM'd me, emailed me or caught me in chat to ask advice on monitor husbandry. General rule that I always make sure to tell them is just how hot they...

Greetings all, I need help with a quick way to ID the difference between V. panoptes rubidus and V. gouldii. I need to work this out as in one of the local caravan parks they have some resident monitors, big adults, that have been there for years and years. These big guys are getting...

Average-Max lengths required for Ocellate Ridge Tailed monitors, Pygmy Mulgas, Sand, black tailed monitors, and adequate indoor (as I live in Newie) cage sizes needed for each. Any help greatly appreciated. Jay

Hi guys can anyone tell me if the mitchells water monitor has been added to the Vic fauna list? If not is it under review?? I'm very keen to grab a couple. Nez