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The lace monitor was eaten by the Wiradjuri people; local wisdom advised eating lace monitors that came down from trees as those that had eaten on the ground tasted of rotting meat. [13] The Tharawal ate the species' eggs, collecting them in sand on riverbanks in the Nattai and Wollondilly. [37]
Monitor lizards are lizards in the genus Varanus, the only extant genus in the family Varanidae. They are native to Africa, Asia, and Oceania, and one species is also found in the Americas as an invasive species. [1] About 80 species are recognized. Monitor lizards have long necks, powerful tails and claws, and well
The lace monitor is the second-largest of all goannas, reaching lengths up to 2 m (6.6 ft). Other more common tree goannas, such as the Timor tree monitor ( V. timorensis ) and mournful tree monitor ( V. tristis ,) do not grow to quite such lengths, typically a maximum of 61 cm, nose-to-tail.
Yellow-spotted monitor (left), lace monitor (right) This ground dwelling monitor species, somewhat resembles the widespread sand goanna (Varanus gouldii).Large, dark spots appear in rows along its back, becoming especially distinct at the center of the back where they are interspersed with smaller and paler spots.
A week before egg laying, females will begin circling and scratching at termite mounds near the burrow, even at night in the dark. Rosenberg’s monitors only lay their eggs in the mounds of Nasutitermes exitiosis (a species also utilized by lace monitors). The use of termitaria provides the hatchlings favourable conditions as termite nests ...
Brooding and protection of eggs do occur in some species. The female prairie skink uses respiratory water loss to maintain the humidity of the eggs which facilitates embryonic development. In lace monitors, the young hatch close to 300 days, and the female returns to help them escape the termite mound where the eggs were laid. [22]
Varanoidea is a superfamily of lizards, including the well-known family Varanidae (the monitors and goannas). Also included in the Varanoidea are the Lanthanotidae (earless monitor lizards), and the extinct Palaeovaranidae. Throughout their long evolutionary history, varanoids have exhibited great diversity, both in habitat and form.
English: Lace monitor (Varanus varius), photographed in the Kindra State Forest in Coolamon, New South Wales. Lace monitor, which is also known as lace goanna, is a totem of the Wiradjuri people and in Wiradjuri (language) is known as Girraway.