Rusty Desert Monitor

Order Squamata; Suborder Lacertilia; Family Varanidae; Scientific name: Varanus eremius; Common name: Rusty Desert Monitor; Alternative common name: Pygmy Desert Goanna– Distribution in Australia: deserts of western and central Australia from Pilbara Region of Western Australia, southern half of the Northern Territory, northern half of South Australia to westernmost part of Simpson Desert in the north-western Queensland