Freckled Monitor

Order Squamata; Suborder Lacertilia; Family Varanidae; Scientific name: Varanus tristis; Subspecies: orientalis; Common name: Freckled Monitor; Alternative common name: Freckled Goanna – Distribution in Australia: Subspecies orientalis is found from the Kimberley Region of Western Australia through northern third of the Northern Territory to south-eastern Northern Territory, north-eastern South Australia, northern New South Wales and throughout Queensland.