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Northern Pilbara rock monitor

northern Pilbara rock monitor (Varanus pilbarensis)
Burrup Peninsula, Western Australia
Photo © Stephen Zozaya
Varanus pilbarensis - Storr, 1980
Pronunciation  vah-RAH-nuss   PILL-bar-ENN-siss
Etymology  Varanus: a Latinisation of the Arabic word, Waran, for lizards of the Arabian Peninsula. These lizards were said to warn of the presence of crocodiles, and became known in English as monitors.1 In Australia, they are typically called goannas.
pilbarensis: "Named for the Pilbara region of Western Australia, the region to which it is restricted. Used as a noun in apposition."2
Other names   
 
Total length
Species avg: 47 cm
Reproduction
Oviparous
Clutch size
Description Distribution Natural history Conservation Further information More photos

Range

"Endemic to the northern Pilbara region of Western Australia, largely to the north of the Fortescue River Basin and centred on the Chichester Range. Records extend from the Burrup Peninsula and West Intercourse Island in the northwest, east to the Ord Ranges, Yarrie Mine and Carawine Gorge. There is a single record south of the Fortescue River in the western Chichester Range near Pannawonica".2

Found in the following Australian states/territories

Western Australia

Habitat

"...closely associated with rocky habitats, typically undulating granite and greenstone terrain with significant areas of basaltic ranges (tumbled boulder piles are prominent) and dissected plateau, vegetated with spinifex (Triodia), sparse shrubs and eucalypts (Mckenzie et al. 2009)."2

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