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Spencer’s Monitor Lizard: Behaviour and Characteristics

Blog | December 6th, 2017

Spencer’s goanna, also known as Spencer’s monitor (binomial name Varanus spenceri), is a species of monitor lizard that is endemic to Australia. Belonging to the family Varanidae, it was named after the English-Australian biologist Walter Baldwin Spencer. Spencer’s monitors are moderately sized monitor lizards that can grow to up to… Read More