Spencer's goanna Spencer's goanna Spencer's goanna or Spencer's monitor ("Varanus spenceri" ) is a species of monitor lizard in the family Varanidae. The species is endemic to Australia. The specific name, "spenceri", is in honor of English-Australian biologist Walter Baldwin Spencer. "V. spenceri" is native to the Barkly region in central Queensland/Northern Territory, Australia. "V. spenceri" can grow to a total length (including tail) of up to . Spencer's monitor is generally heavier than a similarly sized monitor of another species due to its "stockier" build. It has sharp claws which it uses for digging burrows. "Varanus spenceri" eats anything it can
Goanna (band) in 2004. Marcia's song 'Poison Tree' was recorded with Mary Black and released on the compilation C.D., 'A Woman's Heart- a Decade on ', in 2003. In 2016, Marcia auditioned for Season 5 of the Voice of Australia singing Sting's 'Fields of Gold'; successfully making it through to the battle rounds on Delta Goodrem's team after she turned her chair. In 2016, Marcia was also named as the Artist of the Year for the annual, internationally acclaimed Port Fairy Folk Festival. In October 1998, Shane Howard, Marcia Howard and Bygrave reformed Goanna and recorded a third album "Spirit Returns", released