Bush's monitor, Bush's pygmy monitor, Pilbara mulga goanna
The Pilbara monitor (Varanus bushi), also known commonly as Bush's monitor, Bush's pygmy monitor, and the Pilbara mulga goanna, is a species of monitor lizard in the family Varanidae. The species is endemic to Australia.
The specific name, bushi, is in honor of Australian naturalist and herpetologist Brian Gordon Bush (born 1947).
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TerrestrialTerrestrial animals are animals that live predominantly or entirely on land (e.g., cats, ants, snails), as compared with aquatic animals, which liv...
Oviparous animals are female animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive...
Precocial species are those in which the young are relatively mature and mobile from the moment of birth or hatching. Precocial species are normall...
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starts withV. bushi is most similar to the stripe-tailed goanna (V. caudolineatus ) and the pygmy mulga goanna (V. gilleni) of all monitor lizards. However, the Pilbara monitor can be distinguished from these other two species by some morphological and genetic differences.
The Pilbara monitor inhabits the Pilbara region of Western Australia.
The preferred natural habitats of V. bushi are desert and savanna.
Details about the behaviour of V. bushi are relatively unknown. However, it is known to be arboreal and to shelter in bark crevices, in hollow trees, and under fallen logs.
V. bushi is oviparous.