Gould's monitor, sand goanna (Varanus gouldii) Description
The zoology of the voyage of the H.M.S. Erebus & Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross, during the years 1839 to 1843. By authority of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Edited by John Richardson and John Edward Gray.
Date 1844-1875.
Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/10327828434
Author Erebus (Ship).; Gray, John Edward; Richardson, John; Ross, James Clark; Terror (Ship).
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_zoology_of_the_voyage_of_the_H.M.S._Erebus_and_Terror_(10327828434).jpg
The sand goanna (Varanus gouldii ) is a species of large Australian monitor lizard, also known as Gould's monitor, the sand monitor, or racehorse goanna. In some Aboriginal languages, the sand goanna is called bungarra, a term commonly used by nonaboriginal people in Western Australia, too. The name "sand monitor" can be used to describe various other species. The specific name, gouldii, is a Latinized form of the name of the scientist who first described this species, English ornithologist John Gould. Order: Squamata, Suborder: Lacertilia, Family: Varanidae, Genus: Varanus, Species: Varanus gouldii (Gray, 1838).
