Off topic - Rosenberg's Monitor

[Stephanie Haygarth <>]

Further to previous emails, Don Fletcher and I have been continuing our monitoring of Rosenberg's Monitors on Mt Ainslie, specifically to try to get images of breeding activity (hatching of young monitors at termite mounds) during the spring.  Don has retrieved the remote automatic cameras.  There were no hatching images but there are a number of images of adult Rosenberg's at two of the mounds; there are probably two separate individuals depicted in the images - see attached.  The monitor shown is about a metre in length, judging by the size of the mound.  We'll be reinstalling the cameras in late summer in an endeavour to capture images of egg-laying in the mounds.

As Rosenberg's Monitor is relatively rare in the ACT (they are listed as 'Vulnerable' in NSW), these images are an exciting development in our knowledge of these impressive and beautiful creatures, almost in the heart of Australia's national capital.

Cheers
Matthew Higgins

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