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A goanna features as the heroic figure Mr Lizard in the Australian author May Gibbs’ children's books Snugglepot and Cuddlepie. A bronze statue of the goanna Mr Lizard has been placed outside the State Library of Victoria. The villain in the Disney film The Rescuers Down Under, Percival C. McLeach, has a pet goanna named Joanna.
Kings' monitor (Varanus kingorum), also known commonly as Kings' goanna, Kings' rock monitor, and the pygmy rock monitor, is a small species of monitor lizard in the family Varanidae. The species is native to Australia .
If cornered, this powerful carnivore stands its ground and uses its arsenal of claws, teeth, and whip-like tail to defend itself. It can inflate its throat and hiss as a defensive or aggressive display and can strike at opponents with its muscular tail. It may also lunge forward with an open mouth, either as a bluff or attack.
Mungoon-Gali, also transcribed as Mungoongarlee, is a giant goanna from Yuwaalaraay Folklore who terrorised the local people with his venomous bite and voracious appetite. . Afraid the tribes would soon be wiped out by the constant attacks, Ouyouboolooey the black snake offered to steal the hidden poison bag from Mungoon-Gali for in those days, it was lizards instead of snakes that were venom
Bundjalung Nation Aboriginal people have lived on and visited Goanna Headland for at least 12,000 years. The Aboriginal tribes were not united anytime before the 18th century, with more than 20 main groups, known collectively as the 'Bundjalung Nation'. Certain deities and religious practices were specific to certain localities.
M. King & Horner, 1987: black-spotted ridge-tailed monitor, black-spotted spiny-tailed monitor, lemon-throated monitor, northern ridge-tailed monitor, White's dwarf goanna, White's dwarf monitor, Whites monitor, yellow-throated monitor V. brevicauda: Boulenger, 1898: short-tailed monitor, short-tailed pygmy monitor V. bushi: Aplin, Fitch & D.J ...
The sand goanna (Varanus gouldii), also known commonly as Gould's monitor, the racehorse goanna, and the sand monitor, is a species of large Australian monitor lizard in the family Varanidae. [ 4 ] Taxonomy
King K. Rool: Video Game Donkey Kong: An anthropomorphic saltwater crocodile who is the main antagonist of the Donkey Kong franchise. King K. Rool is the psychopathic king of the Kremlings who constantly antagonizes the Kongs, referring to them as "filthy apes", "monkey brains" and "ludicrous lemurs". He often steals Donkey Kong's banana hoard.