Sand goanna
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Sand goanna | |
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Gould's monitor or sand goanna in Mungo National Park, New South Wales, Australia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Family: | Varanidae |
Genus: | Varanus |
Subgenus: | Varanus |
Species: | V. gouldii |
Binomial name | |
Varanus gouldii | |
Distribution of the sand goanna | |
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The sand goanna (Varanus gouldii), also known commonly as Gould's monitor, the racehorse goanna, and the sand monitor, is a species of large Australian monitor lizard in the family Varanidae.[4]