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2009
The Varanus panoptes panoptes depicted on the cover and inset of this issue was photographed by Bruce Thomson at Lake Broadwater, near Dalby, Queensland on 25 November 2008. While observing aquatic birds along the shore of the lake at around 1400 h, a sub-adult V. p. panoptes (ca. 1 m in total length) was seen foraging along the water's edge. At ca. 45 m from the edge of the lake, the monitor began digging, then quickly located a clutch of freshwater turtle eggs, presumably Chelodina longicollis. The V. p. panoptes consumed about six eggs over the course of 20 minutes, until it was disturbed by the photographer and left the area. No additional V. p. panoptes were seen the day of the observation. Varanus varius and V. gouldii are also present in the area. The International Varanid Interest group is a volunteer-based organization established to advance varanid research, conservation, and hus-bandry, and to promote scientific literacy among varanid enthusiasts. Membership to the IV...
The Varanus acanthurus brachyurus depicted on the cover and inset of this issue was photographed by H. J. Buys in July 2010. This particularly attractive specimen was seen scurrying between spinifex clusters around flat-lying topography at midday near Cloncurry, Queensland. It sprinted between flat rocks scattered across the open landscape depicted in the figure below, taking cover under them in an effort to evade the photographer. Varanus acanthurus brachyurus occupies arid terrain dominated by very old meta-morphosed schistose rocks that erode away, breaking off in sheets and piling in odd arrangements that fill with fine rock fragments and soil. These conditions provide a suitable means for burrow construction. Vara-nus acanthurus brachyurus are often seen from a distance on rock outcrops observing their surroundings. InternAtIOnAl VArAnId Interest GrOup www.varanidae.org The International Varanid Interest Group is a volunteer-based organization established to advance varanid res...
2010
On the Cover: Varanus caerulivirens Varanus caerulivirens is a poorly-studied member of the V. indicus complex, indigenous to the northern Moluccas, Indonesia. To date, few observations of this species have been made by scientists in the field, and documentation of its ecology have been limited until now (Weijola, this issue). The V. caerulivirens depicted on the cover and inset of this issue were photographed by Valter Weijola.The specimen to the left was photographed basking on a fallen tree trunk at Air Mangga, Obi Island, at ca. 600 m elev., on 2 January 2009 at ca. 1130 h. The specimen below was photographed around 1000 h on 8 December 2008 near Tetawang, Halma-hera. InternAtIOnAl VArAnId Interest GrOup www.varanidae.org The International Varanid Interest group is a volunteer-based organization established to advance varanid research, conservation, and hus-bandry, and to promote scientific literacy among varanid enthusiasts. Membership to the IVIG is free, and open to anyone wi...
Varanus species at the Arfak Strict Nature Reserve
Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity, 2007
The varanid fauna on West Papua particularly have not been well documented, and are poorly known. Survey was conducted in the Arfak Strict Nature Reserve (ASNR) from March to May 2001. During the survey, specimen collected from the field consisted of Varanus indicus (Daudin 1802), Varanus prasinus (Schlegel 1839) and Varanus salvadorii (Peters and Doria 1878). Among three species encountered skin was not utilized, and only Varanus prasinus (Schlegel 1839) meat was not consumed yet.
On the Cover: Varanus salvator bivittatus Editorial Liaisons Volume 10 Number 2
2016
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BIAWAK Journal of Varanid Biology and Husbandry Volume 6 Number 2
The heath monitor, Varanus rosenbergi depicted on the cover and inset of this issue was photographed by David Kirshner. In March 2012, a female V. rosenbergi was observed digging potential nest holes into a termite mound (Nasutitermes exitiosus) in a park near Sydney, NSW, Australia. The female worked on two separate holes on either side of the same mound, pausing frequently to look around for predators or to bask. David returned to the mound on subsequent days and watched the female continue to work on the holes, although she was interrupted by a few days of rain. On one visit to the area the same female was observed basking on a nearby rock, where the lack of fat reserves in her tail was clearly visible, indicating that she was very close to laying. However, egg laying was not observed and it is believed she was probably disturbed by hikers on a sunny weekend when the park was particularly busy.
1994. Rediscovery and taxonomic review of Varanus indicus spinulosus
HERPETOFAUNA (Australia), 1994
Varanus indicus spinulosus Mertens was described from a single male specimen in 1941, and had not been collected again until 1989. Five new specimens, all female, two preserved and three alive, are described and compared with Varanus indicus. Based on distinctive morphology, this taxon is elevated to specific status as Varanus spinulosus comb. nov.