Canopy goanna scales. Its tail has no visible keel. The canopy goanna is small for a montor lizard, reaching a total length up to 77 cm. Canopy goanna The canopy goanna ("Varanus keithhornei") is a species of monitor lizards native to northeast Australia. It is also known as the blue-nosed tree monitor, Keith Horne's monitor, or occasionally as the Nesbit River monitor It belongs to the subgenus "Euprepiosaurus" and is a member of the "Varanus prasinus" species group. This monitor lizard is found in a restricted range near the Nesbit River, or in the McIlwraith or Iron Mountain Ranges on the Cape
Goanna goanna oil as an important bush medicine, and it also became a common medicine among Caucasians in Australia's early days. Said to be a cure-all, and possessing amazing powers of penetration (passing through metal as if it were not there), it was sold among early settlers like snake oil in the Old West of North America. A goanna features as the heroic figure ‘Mr Lizard’ in the Australian author May Gibbs’ children’s books Snugglepot and Snugglepie. A bronze statue of the goanna ‘Mr Lizard’ has been placed outside the State Library of Victoria. Goanna A goanna is any of several