Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Varanus gouldii

  • Author and date of publication

    Gray, 1838

  • Preferred Common name

    Sand Goanna

  • Other Common Names

    Gould's Goanna, Sand Monitor

  • Identified By

    Dr Jane E. Melville - Museums Victoria

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Unknown

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Tissue, Form: Frozen, Fixative treatment: ethanol 95%, Medium: ethanol 95%

  • Tissue Details

    Type: Liver, Preservative: ethanol 96%, Storage temperature: -196°C

  • Tissue sampled from

    Museums Victoria specimen D 74771

  • Collected By

    Mr Matthew Stockdale - 1300 Reptile

  • Sampling Method

    Found alive

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    DNA Laboratory

  • Collecting Areas

    Tissue and DNA

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Victoria

  • Town

    Essendon

  • Precise Location

    Found in backyard of Ms Georgina Akers

  • Latitude

    -37.75

  • Longitude

    144.9

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Protocol

    geoscience Australia - Place names website