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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]
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.
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 ...
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.
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 stripe-tailed goanna (Varanus caudolineatus), also known as the line-tailed pygmy monitor [1] is a semi-arboreal species of monitor lizard native to Western Australia. [ 2 ] Description
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.
Young water monitor V. s. macromaculatus Closeup showing split tongue. The Asian water monitor is dark brown or blackish with yellow spots on the underside that fade gradually with age. It has blackish bands with yellow edges extending back from each eye. Its body is muscular, with long, powerful, laterally compressed tails.