Species Varanus rosenbergi Mertens, 1957

Museums

Regional Maps

• Varanus gouldii rosenbergi Mertens, R. 1957. Ein neur melanisticher Waran aus dem Südlichen. Australien. (V. gouldii rosenbergi, subsp. nov.). Zoologischer Anzeiger 159: 17-20 [18].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM R822, Monigup Pass, Stirling Range, WA.
• Pantherosaurus kuringai Wells, R.W. & Wellington, C.R. 1985. A classification of the Amphibia and Reptilia of Australia. Australian Journal of Herpetology Supplementary Series 1: 1-61 [Date published September, 1985] [22].

  Type data:

   Holotype AM R116992 (previously AMF 16811), Bobbin Head,Kuringai-Chase National Park, NSW.

  Secondary source:

   Shea, G.M. & Sadlier, R.A. 1999. A catalogue of the non-fossil amphibian and reptile type specimens in the collection of the Australian Museum: types currently, previously and purportedly present. Technical Reports of the Australian Museum 15: 1-91 [64].

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

ACT, NSW, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), Sydney Basin (SB), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Australian Capital Territory
  • New South Wales: SE coastal
  • South Australia: S Gulfs, W plateau
  • Victoria
  • Western Australia: SW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Diurnal, open forest, open heath, open scrub, oviparous, predator, tall shrubland.

 

General References

Green, B. & King, D. 1978. Home range and activity patterns of the sand goanna, Varanus gouldii (Reptilia: Varanidae). Australian Wildlife Research 5: 417-424 (as V. gouldii)

King, D. 1980. The thermal biology of free-living sand goannas (Varanus gouldii) in southern Australia. Copeia 1980: 755-767

King, D. & Green, B. 1979. Notes on the diet and reproduction of the sand goanna, Varanus gouldii rosenbergi. Copeia 1979: 64-70

King, M. & King, D. 1975. Chromosomal evolution in the lizard genus Varanus (Reptilia). Australian Journal of Biological Sciences 28: 89-108

Saint Girons, H., Rice, G.E. & Bradshaw, S.D. 1981. Histologie comparée et ultrastructure de la glande nasale externe de quelques Varanidae (Reptilia: Lacertilia). Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie 12 3: 15-21

Storr, G.M. 1980. The monitor lizards (genus Varanus Merrem, 1820) of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 8: 237-293 (taxonomy)

 

Common Name References

Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp. [40] (Heath Monitor)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
07-Feb-2024		16-Aug-2012	MODIFIED
08-Mar-2011		08-Mar-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)