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Rock monitor

Photo by Wolf Howls
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Field Notes

Description:

We found this monitor on a sheep farm in the Karoo (South Africa)

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Scott Frazier
The scientific name of the rock monitor is Varanus albigularis. Please insert this into the space reserved for scientific name (while in edit mode) so that your spotting is considered identified. Thanks
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PublishedJuly 25, 2013

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