What's this Varanid

Could be Varanus Pilbaransus. The shape is right, the location is close, but those pale spots are throwing me a bit.

 

RE: What

Nup, no stripe. Long tail with some faint lines / stripes

 

RE: What

eremius has striping almost all the way down their tails, whereas caudolineatus has striping mostly towards the end of it's tail. How long is the tail in relation to the SVL. If it is a pilbarensis as Bob has suggested, its tail should be about twice as long as the body. It may be enough to give a more positive ID. Eremius and caudolineatus are about one and half times SVL.

 

RE: What

Ok tail is 100 mm, SVL is 65mm. Made an error before with SVL.

 

RE: What

So it is about 1.5 times body length. Any chance of getting some closer pics? Maybe you need to keep it back for a while till it gets bigger and you can get a positive ID.

 

Try this one

 

Definitely eremius.

 

I don't want a flatulent donkey tho

 

It is very hard to tell. Eremius doesn't seem to have the small spottings on the hind legs like caudolineatus does. They are very similar.

 

Looking at that pic IMO I reckon it's eremius.

http://www.kingsnake.com/oz/lizards/monitors/veremius.htm

http://mampam.50megs.com/monitors/eremius.html

 

Seeing alot of little monitors around and in town ATM. Saw a little pilbarensis on a snake callout last week, it was happily basking on the road in town.

 

Awesome womas, great to see they are about over there.

 

Here we are Bob. This is the best i can do for now.

 

Yep,...eremius

 

Looks like V. eremius to me. The ones i caught in the Simpson were a bit nicer in my opinion, although all the ones i caught were adults. This one looks to be quite small still
Heres one of the ones i caught!

http://www.aussiepythons.com/module...ame=gallery&file=index&include=view_photo.php

-H

 

ok so what is it?

 

varanus kingorum?

 

Eremius. Said bye bye on friday.