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

    A J. Coventry - Museum Victoria

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Female

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Spirit, Form: Wet, Fixative treatment: formalin 10%, Medium: ethanol 70%; Nature: tissue, liver, Form: frozen, Fixative treatment: frozen

  • Collected By

    A J. Coventry - Museum Victoria

  • Sampling Method

    dug from shallow burrow

  • Date Visited From

    21/10/1991

  • Date Visited To

    21/10/1991

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    Herpetology

  • Collecting Areas

    Herpetology

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Western Australia

  • Nearest Named Place

    Zanthus

  • Precise Location

    10 km NE of Buningonia Springs

  • Latitude

    -31.38

  • Longitude

    123.58

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84