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Remote Access, Peru: Field visits & workshops with the community-based environmental monitors of FEDIQUEP.
Littoral Rainforest, Fauna Monitoring Plot, Wyrrabalong National Park (north) by Mjadwesch Environmental Service Support. Photo Courtesy Ray Mjadwesch
The Lace Monitor, or Lace Goanna, Varanus varius, is a member of the monitor lizard family, Australian members of which are commonly known as goannas. It belongs to the subgenus Varanus.
Lace monitors are the second-largest monitor in Australia after the Perentie. They can be as long as 2.1 metres (over 6 ft 10ins) with a head and body length of up to 76.5 cm (2½ ft). The tail is long and slender and about 1.5 times the length of the head and body. Maximum weight of lace monitor can be 20 kg.(44 lb), but most adults are much smaller.
These common terrestrial and often arboreal monitors are found in eastern Australia and range from Cape Bedford on Cape York Peninsula to south-eastern South Australia. They frequent both open and closed forests and forage over long distances (up to 3 km a day).
They are mainly active from September to May, but are inactive in cooler weather and shelter in a tree hollow or under a fallen tree or large rock.
The females lay from 4 to 14 eggs in spring or summer in termite nests. They frequently attack the large composting nests of Scrub Turkeys to steal their eggs, and often show injuries on their tails inflicted by male scrub turkeys pecking at them to drive them away.
Their diet typically consists of insects, reptiles, small mammals, birds and birds' eggs. They are also carrion eaters, feeding on already dead carcasses of other wildlife. Lace monitors will also forage in areas inhabited by people, raiding chicken coops for poultry and eggs, rummaging through unprotected domestic garbage bags, and trash cans in picnic and recreational areas.
Like all Australian goannas, they were a favourite traditional food of Australian Aboriginal peoples and their fat was particularly valued as a medicine and for use in ceremonies
Lace monitors are found in two broad forms. The main form is dark grey to dull blueish black with numerous scattered cream spots. The snout is marked with prominent black and yellow bands extending under the chin and neck. The tail has narrow black and cream bands which are narrow and get wider towards the end of the tail.
The other type, known as 'Bells Form', is typically found in dryer parts of NSW and Queensland. It has broad black and yellow bands across the body and tail. Close up these bands are made up of various spotted patterns.
Reptile House
Bronx Zoo New York
This crocodile monitor, the world's longest lizard, has razor-like claws, one of which has hooked the cuticle of MVN's finger, a favorite defense.
This sketch of the scales of a monitor lizard show how they're laid out in a perfect honeycomb (hexagonal) pattern.
Looks like a B+W but it's just a quick screenshot of the feature in lightroom to focus the sharpening, and I thought it looked really cool when I held it like this.
Singapore, SBWR, monitor lizard. With a texture from Eddie07 www.flickr.com/photos/spiritual_marketplace/sets/72157604...
CJ was anxious to see how the Cayman stacked up on track against the rest of the Continental Tire SportsCar Chellenge GS Class field.
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Not sure if this is a Monitor Lizard or an Australian Goanna. Calgary Zoo on February 2010 Family Day holiday.
Nile Monitor - Varanus niloticus – Нильский варан
Rufiji River near Selous Jimbiza Camp, Tanzania, 11\05\2020
Our keen-eyed boat driver spotted this monitor lizard on a log aside the river.
Even once we were told where it was, it took me a while to spot him (or her).
A clever defence these animals have - harder for humans to hide with our bright clothing and beeping cameras.
Looks extra lizardy large on black.