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
Kardinya, Western Australia Kardinya, Western Australia Kardinya is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Melville. The suburb is home to under 10,000 people, including many international students due to its proximity to Murdoch University. The word "Kardinya" is believed to be of Aboriginal origin, meaning "the place of the Karda" (racehorse goanna), although it is also recognised as an Aboriginal word for "sunrise". Much of the area was originally farmland, dating back to the early 1900s. Welby Vineyard, established in 1922 by George Welby, which was the City of Melville's solitary winery, was built on what is now