Adelaide Zoo The cutest reptile you're goanna see

[Simon Hampel]

The cutest reptile you're goanna see | Adelaide Now

UNTIL now, very few of us would have seen this species of reptile - the Rosenberg's goanna.

Once common in southern Australia, it is classified in many areas as vulnerable because of land-clearing and predators such as feral cats.

For the first time, the Adelaide Zoo has successfully bred the goanna, which has distinctive orange/brown colouring and grows up to one metre. Eventually, it's hoped the breeding program will help boost their numbers in South Australia, particularly in the

Mt Lofty Ranges where they are most prevalent.

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[Electus Parrot]

I saw this in the paper. I am very happy that the zoo is really starting to breed some of their reptiles with births in the last year or so of freshwater crocodiles, Gippsland water dragons, Hosmer's skinks and Fijian crested iguana.

 

[Hix]

That species is very common on Kangaroo Island. And like most varanids, the hatchlings are much more colourful - the adults don't usually have brown/red on them at all, just a mixture of black and white (and gray).



Hix