Goanna in Australia likened goannas to the South American lizards.. Over time, the initial vowel sound was dropped. A similar explanation is used to link possum to the American opossum. Another possibility is that the name might have derived from the South African term for a monitor lizard, "leguaan", as the Cape of Good Hope was a popular refresher stop for immigrant ships to Australia from Britain. For a list of all monitor lizards of the genus, see Complete list of genus "Varanus". The following are found in Australia. For the most part, in common names, "goanna" and "monitor" are interchangeable.
Sort code an international network is used. At the beginning of 2014 all European countries using the euro switched to the IBAN as a means of identifying bank accounts and previously used coding systems such as the BLZ, BIC and even account numbers are not in use anymore. However, transfers to, amongst others, the United States and Australia make use of the BIC codes. Characters 9 to 14 of British and Irish IBANs hold the bank account sort code. In some countries there is no direct equivalent of sort codes as the bank and branch codes are maintained separately from each other