砂巨蜥
砂巨蜥係澳洲一種大型嘅蜥蜴。分布喺森林以至草原地帶。以食老鼠、昆蟲同埋小型動物為生。可分兩個亞種:
- Gould's Goanna(Varanus g. gouldi)
- Desert Sand Monitor(Varanus g. flavirufus)
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Gould's Monitor or Sand Goanna in the Chace Range, South Australia
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Varanus gouldii (Gray, 1838) | ||||||||||||||||||
砂巨蜥嘅分布(紅色部分)
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相
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Sand monitor walking tracks in sand.
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Bungarra at the Gidgee Gold Mine.
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Bungarra at the Sunrise Dam Gold Mine.
參考
編輯- Cogger, H. (1967). Australian Reptiles in Colour. Sydney: A. H. & A. W. Reed, ISBN 0-589-07012-6
- King, Dennis & Green, Brian. 1999. Goannas: The Biology of Varanid Lizards. University of New South Wales Press. ISBN 0-86840-456-X
- Brian Bush, Brad Maryan, Robert Browne-Cooper and David Robinson,(1995) A guide to the reptiles and frogs of the Perth region, Nedlands. UWA Press. ISBN 1-875560-42-4