Don't kill varanus Acantharus
Submitted: Friday, May 19, 2006 at 17:12
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Motherhen
You've got me curious. In the latest ExplorOz newsletter, this topic leads me to a link which i can't find the answer.
Don't kill varanus Acantharus
Find out what is varanus acantharus and why its under threat in our new article in the On The Road section called
Care for the Environment.
Reply By: Kenell - Friday, May 19, 2006 at 17:33
Friday, May 19, 2006 at 17:33
Motherhen,
Methinks it is a Goanna. A Slider Goanna to be preciseus.
Kenell
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Follow Up By: Motherhen - Friday, May 19, 2006 at 17:46
Friday, May 19, 2006 at 17:46
I'll answer my own question - did a search and got
Spiny-tailed goanna – Varanus acanthurus (also ridge-tailed monitor) of Northern Australia.
I want one!
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Reply By: ExplorOz Team - David - Friday, May 19, 2006 at 18:50
Friday, May 19, 2006 at 18:50
Oh no the boss forgot to put the desciprition on the photo. The little lizard hanging dead out of the can is the Varanus Acantharus. I will adjust the photo desc now.
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Follow Up By: Member - Andrew W (SA) - Friday, May 19, 2006 at 19:26
Friday, May 19, 2006 at 19:26
Nice article David and emphatic image to boot.
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Follow Up By: Motherhen - Friday, May 19, 2006 at 20:09
Friday, May 19, 2006 at 20:09
!MPG:9!
I hope the picture comes up - What type of lizard is this? - sort of blue pattern on it. If the
pic doesn't come into this follow up, it is in my gallery at the mo'
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Follow Up By: The Explorer - Friday, May 19, 2006 at 22:17
Friday, May 19, 2006 at 22:17
Where was photo taken? - it is a dragon lizard most likely genus Amphibolurus. Not sure of species ...more info required (
well for me anyway)
Cheers
Greg
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Follow Up By: Motherhen - Friday, May 19, 2006 at 22:25
Friday, May 19, 2006 at 22:25
Hi Explorer - It was near
Wilpena Pound. He was quite small. Dragon lizard, i like that.
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Follow Up By: The Explorer - Friday, May 19, 2006 at 22:31
Friday, May 19, 2006 at 22:31
Hello - all lizards in family Agamidae are referred to as Dragon Lizards...not all species have "common" names...just remembered ..I actually have a book called the Dragon Lizards & Goannas of SA....let me see....
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Follow Up By: Motherhen - Friday, May 19, 2006 at 22:48
Friday, May 19, 2006 at 22:48
Thanks Greg and Andrew, see if you clever SA zoologists can identify this, which was found in the Kulliparu conservatin park Eyre Peninsula.
!MPG:11!
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Follow Up By: The Explorer - Friday, May 19, 2006 at 22:49
Friday, May 19, 2006 at 22:49
Well base on my limited research Im going for a TAWNY DRAGON Ctenophorus decresii (was Amphibolurus once but they change the genus - got to get some new books:)
Cheers
Greg
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Follow Up By: The Explorer - Friday, May 19, 2006 at 22:50
Friday, May 19, 2006 at 22:50
Looks like a fossilised sock!
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Follow Up By: Motherhen - Friday, May 19, 2006 at 23:00
Friday, May 19, 2006 at 23:00
Greg - you certainly win for the most novel answer.
I sent the
pic to a website in USA and they suggested a crayfish made it! Inland in the dry Eyre Peninsula? It stands a couple of inches high and i called it a clay pipe wasp nest, but a search for that of the Internet brought up nothing. Our agric. entomologists in WA didn't have a clue; as after all, it was found across the border in that foreign land called SA.
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Follow Up By: Motherhen - Friday, May 19, 2006 at 23:03
Friday, May 19, 2006 at 23:03
Sorry Greg - i see you are not an SA member, but a true blue WA one.
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Follow Up By: JJ - Saturday, May 20, 2006 at 00:09
Saturday, May 20, 2006 at 00:09
Re follow-up #7. Looks like a wasp nest built on a bit of old PVC pipe. The wasp in front towards the right, looks to be about 1cm long.
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Follow Up By: Motherhen - Saturday, May 20, 2006 at 00:20
Saturday, May 20, 2006 at 00:20
Hi JJ
It is made of clay, like the mud-daub that hornets use to make their nests on our walls. There were no wasps there, just leaves and bark. My opinion was it is a wasp nest. I recall the WA agricultural entomologists contacted SA entomologists who gave a very vague answer that they agreed it was probably a wasp nest.
Motherhen
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Follow Up By: Member - Doug T (QLD) - Saturday, May 20, 2006 at 22:47
Saturday, May 20, 2006 at 22:47
Hi David
Funny that mention a Lizard in a can because today near the Rail Xing near the Landsborough/Flinders Hwys we all seen a poor little Lizard with it's head stuck in a can on the south lane, I was between two 7 meter wide Dump truck tipping bodies so could not stop, the rear pilot was a woman and someone said for her to stop and free and all we heard was Eeewww I'm not touching that so hell I hope someone did help it
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Follow Up By: Member - Andrew W (SA) - Saturday, May 27, 2006 at 18:57
Saturday, May 27, 2006 at 18:57
Hi Motherhen,
I have it on good advice that the Lizard is Ctenophorus fionni
Ciao for now
Andrew.
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Follow Up By: Motherhen - Saturday, May 27, 2006 at 19:18
Saturday, May 27, 2006 at 19:18
Thanks for taht Andrew - i have changed him from decresii (Explorer's suggestion) to fionni
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Follow Up By: The Explorer - Tuesday, May 30, 2006 at 10:38
Tuesday, May 30, 2006 at 10:38
"I have it on good advice that the Lizard is Ctenophorus fionni "
The advice is good to a certain extent...C decresii and C fionni are very similar in appearance..however ..according to my references C fionni is restricted to Eyre penninsula (as far north as
Tarcoola) and therefore would be unlikley to be found at Wilpenna Pound (in fact it is not found there as far as I can figure).
Wilpena Pound is
well within the range of C decressi. Correct me if Im wrong ...some of my references are out of date and the distribution of C fionna may have been expanded based on more recent information..but my money is still on C decressi.
Cheers
Greg
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Follow Up By: Member - Andrew W (SA) - Tuesday, May 30, 2006 at 12:42
Tuesday, May 30, 2006 at 12:42
Great Greg - I can't debate it though.
Information was provided by a Professor of Biology specialising in the area from University of
Adelaide who is a client of
mine.
Ciao for now
Andrew.
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Follow Up By: The Explorer - Tuesday, May 30, 2006 at 14:42
Tuesday, May 30, 2006 at 14:42
Guys - sent copy of picture to SA Museum ...here is their response..
Hi Greg
Yes, it's decresii (a male). And it is also true that C. fionni does not occur in the Flinders Ra.
Regards
Mark Hutchinson
Curator of Reptiles and Amphibians
ph: (08) 8207 7461
fx:: (08) 8207 7222
South Australian Museum
North Terrace
ADELAIDE SA 5000
Think that settles it.
Cheers
Greg
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Follow Up By: Member - Andrew W (SA) - Tuesday, May 30, 2006 at 15:09
Tuesday, May 30, 2006 at 15:09
Thanks Greg,
Hopefully I can teach the expert a thing or two about reptiles as well as photography ;-)
Ciao for now
Andrew.
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Follow Up By: Motherhen - Wednesday, May 31, 2006 at 00:07
Wednesday, May 31, 2006 at 00:07
Hi Greg and Andrew - I am impressed. Decresii he is.
Care to try your luck with this one i found in
Tasmania - he was pretty small. We found him at Clarendon House in the Midlands (historic trail). I cheerfully identified all the snakes i saw - definitely Tasmanian Tigers.
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Follow Up By: Member - Andrew W (SA) - Wednesday, May 31, 2006 at 08:23
Wednesday, May 31, 2006 at 08:23
Herpetology in
Tasmania is assisted by a comprehensive site:
Lizards & Frogs of
Tasmania
but I'd guess this one is a Snow Skink - particularly a Spotted Skink.
But that is only my non-expert opinion.
Ciao for now
Andrew.
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Reply By: V8Diesel - Saturday, May 20, 2006 at 10:51
Saturday, May 20, 2006 at 10:51
Rescued a lizard from a
beer can a few weeks back near Belele on the Meeka Canarvon Rd. Saw the can waving around out of the corner of my eye.
Poor little bugger, must have been terrifying for him.
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Reply By: DamoHJ61 - Sunday, May 21, 2006 at 21:05
Sunday, May 21, 2006 at 21:05
once rescued a very angry black snake from a can - terrifying for the both of us!!!!
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Follow Up By: Motherhen - Sunday, May 21, 2006 at 21:54
Sunday, May 21, 2006 at 21:54
But i bet he is eternally grateful. Good on you Damo.
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