Varanus varius
Lace Monitor at Morning Bay, NSW
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| Varanus varius | PatrickCampbell2 | 21 May 2025 | |
| Varanus rosenbergi | CarbonAI | 20 May 2025 | |
| Varanus varius | JasonPStewart | 20 May 2025 |
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User's notes
Healthy, lace monitor, hunting around the surrounds of the buidings.
I remember watching it climbing up and hunting for eggs in the nest of the sulfur–crested cockatoos, to which these two sulfur–crested cockatoos were constantly vigorously defending and warding it off .
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Location information
- Places Morning Bay, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- JasonPStewart Recorded by
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- JasonPStewartNMsnc2016 NatureMapr Greater Sydney Varanus varius Monitors & Geckos Reptiles and Frogs
Species information
- Varanus varius Scientific name
- Lace Monitor Common name
- Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 798.6m Recorded at altitude
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