Gillens Pygmy Mulga Monitor
Gillens Pygmy Mulga Monitor
The pygmy mulga monitor (Varanus gilleni) is a small monitor well adapted to arid areas, are usually associated with mulga, gum and desert oak trees, sheltering in hollow branches and under bark rarely seen on the ground.
Round tail in cross-section bearing keeled scales, nearly one-and-a-half times the length of its head and body. The monitor has a grey-brown back, which fades into light grey at the sides with a series of narrow, irregular reddish-brown spots and short bars. Its underbelly and throat is white with grey flecks. As with most monitor species patterns are more conspicuous in juveniles and will gradually fade as the animal ages. Pygmy mulga monitors are arboreal, with prehensile tails.
Gillens Pygmy Mulga Monitor
The pygmy mulga monitor (Varanus gilleni) is a small monitor well adapted to arid areas, are usually associated with mulga, gum and desert oak trees, sheltering in hollow branches and under bark rarely seen on the ground.
Round tail in cross-section bearing keeled scales, nearly one-and-a-half times the length of its head and body. The monitor has a grey-brown back, which fades into light grey at the sides with a series of narrow, irregular reddish-brown spots and short bars. Its underbelly and throat is white with grey flecks. As with most monitor species patterns are more conspicuous in juveniles and will gradually fade as the animal ages. Pygmy mulga monitors are arboreal, with prehensile tails.
