Herping on bikes! (Lacie pics)

[sweetangel]

Hey guys,

So my bf and his friend go out riding on their little thumpster motor bikes up at Redhill Reserve in Narabeen and they said they find lots of laceies. So today i decided to go along for a ride!
I so cant ride by the way lol.
But yeah we found quite a few today. Camt44 is my bf's friend and he found 1 huge one. unfortunately before we could get back to it another bike had gone past and it ran off.
Then on the way home we found 2. One smallish one about 80cm on the ground. i think it had been digging in a nearby ant nest. and one much larger patterned one up the tree right next to the small one.
here are the pics.

the bikes

small lacie

the big fella in the tree

so yeah hope you enjoy.
just one more question, are they laceies or heath monitors.... i thought the small one looked like a heath monitor but i'm not sure. im guessing lacy for both?

cheers

 

[sweetangel]

forgot to mention this was my first wild herp encounter since i have really been loving reptiles so i was super excited!!

 

[lizardsNturtles]

their pretty nice good job.

 

[crocdoc]

Not bad going, you spotted both species of goanna found in Sydney on the same day. The little one on the ground is a heath goanna, Varanus rosenbergi, and the one in the tree is a lace goanna, Varanus varius. Heath goannas nest at this time of year, which is why she was digging in a termite mound (not an ant nest).

 

[cracksinthepitch]

Wow well done , those claws sure could do some damage.

 

[crocdoc]

Wow well done , those claws sure could do some damage.

The claws are nothing - it's the teeth you have to watch for.

 

[MsMoreliaMagic]

What an awesome day it must have been for you.Great pic's to match