The stripe-tailed goanna (Varanus caudolineatus), also known as the line-tailed pygmy monitor is a semi-arboreal species of monitor lizard native to Western...

desert monitor – V. eremius Stripe-tailed goanna – V. caudolineatus Pilbara monitor – V. bushi Black-spotted ridge-tailed monitor – V. baritji Emerald...

The spiny-tailed monitor (Varanus acanthurus), also known as the Australian spiny-tailed monitor, the ridge-tailed monitor the Ackie dwarf monitor, and...

on the sides of the male's vent. It is sometimes mistaken for the stripe-tailed goanna, but the two species are allopatric and can be physically distinguished...

spiny-tailed monitor and the Timor monitor. Alternatively, Vidal et al. 2012 splits Odatria into two species groups represented by the spiny-tailed monitor...

Odatria. V. bushi is most similar to the stripe-tailed goanna (V. caudolineatus) and the pygmy mulga goanna (V. gilleni) of all monitor lizards. However...

short-tailed monitor V. bushi, Pilbara stripe-tailed monitor, Bush's monitor V. caudolineatus, stripe-tailed monitor V. citrinus, Gulf ridge-tailed monitor...

The black-spotted ridge-tailed monitor (Varanus insulanicus baritji), also called commonly the black-spotted spiny-tailed monitor, the lemon-throated...

include various reptiles and raptors, such as the carpet python, sand goanna, wedge-tailed eagle, collared sparrowhawk, brown goshawk, and the little eagle...

other Australian monitor lizard species) is colloquially referred to as a goanna in Australia. The name likely came from the word iguana as the lizards looked...

along with those names that are a legacy of their description as the sand goanna Varanus gouldii. Like most other monitor lizards, these are fast-moving...

also known commonly as the eastern spiny-tailed gecko, the soft-spined gecko, and Williams' spiny-tailed gecko, is a species of lizard in the family...

thick stripes of highly contrasting colours on their bodies, which would slowly morph into the loose speckles or stripes of an adult. The tail usually...

bearded dragon, shingleback, tree dtella and Bynoe's gecko. The Gould's goanna, ringed brown snake, whip snake and mulga snake are also common, but less...

and Charles Frost. Varanus eremius is the most widespread of the pygmy goannas. It lives in desert and semidesert areas of South Australia, Western Australia...

exceptions of several kangaroo and wombat species, emus, cassowaries, large goannas and the thylacine. The extinctions included the even larger carnivore Thylacoleo...

white-tailed kingfisher, white-tailed Tanysiptera (used by Gould in 1869), Australian paradise-kingfisher, long-tailed kingfisher, silver-tailed kingfisher...

Predators of the central netted dragon include larger reptiles, such as goannas and snakes, and birds of prey, as well as the red fox and cats. Burrows...

are their primary predators; others in their range include kookaburras, goannas, snakes, and quolls. Feral cats (Felis catus) also represent a significant...

feral dogs and cats. Other predators of the eastern blue tongue include goannas, dingoes, and domestic cats and dogs. Tiliqua scincoides scincoides show...

painful venom. The unusual appearance of this egg-laying, duck-billed, beaver-tailed, otter-footed mammal at first baffled European naturalists. In 1799, the...

above, sometimes with a dark brown stripe down the vertebra. There are pale stripes running from the eyes down to the tail on either side, often with a dark...

fall prey to monitor lizards (occasionally, but not commonly, the numerous goanna in Australia, and the Asian water monitor (Varanus salvator) further north)...

harass intruders to drive them away from nest sites, including dogs, owls, goannas, and even a nankeen night-heron (Nycticorax caledonicus). A study published...

the wild. Predators of the eastern hooded scaly-foot include raptors, goannas, feral cats, foxes and elapid snakes. The eastern hooded scaly-foot is...

gray-bellied caenolestid, least chipmunk, bank vole, northern short-tailed shrew, Seba's short-tailed bat, southern ningaui, feral pigeon, chinchilla, little brown...

book, Afsan is made Dybo's court astrologer, and is given a "Seeing Eye" Goanna named "Gork" by his aide, former palace butcher Pal-Cadool. Though Afsan...

March or April are fully weaned. Flying foxes are preyed on by eagles, goannas and snakes. The camps of P. poliocephalus attract a number of larger predators...

Tasmanian devil, dingoes, snakes, lizards, goannas, cats, and red foxes, although almost all victims are young. Goannas are known for their digging abilities...

predators such as owls that hunt by sight. Other potential predators include goannas and arboreal snakes. Domestic cats are known to capture and injure them...