Argus Monitor/Yellow-spotted Monitor

I just think this is a rather stunning individual. It was wary of my presence but didn't take off as it tried to follow it around. I had never been able to observe one that was active for any length of time. Normally they take off or if they are still...stay still. Here is an exciting piece of info from a media statement 3 August 2016: Native animals survive toads on Kimberley island [Adolphus Island], "Key species susceptible to cane toad poison - such as yellow-spotted monitors, northern blue tongues, twilight monitors, spiky-tailed monitors and northern quolls - are surviving, although we know toads have been present on the island for about four years." (https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/Barnett/2016/08/Native-anim… ) So, while this is on Adolphus Island (off the coast near Wyndham), on the mainland, cane toads have reached Ngallagunda, Gibb River Station which is approximately 360km from this long lizard :)
I spotted these interesting snippets of info from Epicentre Environmental (http://epicentreenvironmental.com/yellow-spotted-monitor/ ): "The Yellow-spotted Monitor is an avid digger [check out the video to see it digging and scanning around], and will either dig a burrow itself or take over an existing burrow, where they will spend most of their time, especially in the late dry season when little food is available. They forage on land, in water and in trees for their meals." "The Yellow-spotted Monitor has an acute sense of smell and a forked tongue, and, like snakes, can often be spotted flicking their tongues in search of a meal." (see pic 3 for a peek of its forked tongue)