Spencer's goanna find, including highly venomous snakes, small mammals, small lizards, eggs, and carrion (dead animals), and is able to digest anything it eats. When threatened, "V. spenceri" hisses loudly, distends its throat and whips its aggressor with its muscular tail. "Varanus spenceri" lives in black soil plains with no trees; so Spencer's goanna is the only Australian monitor that does not readily climb although juvenile animals will climb given the opportunity. Clutch size of Spencer's monitor generally ranges between 11 and 30 eggs. "Varanus ingrami" , is an invalid name (a junior synonym) for this species. Spencer's goanna Spencer's goanna or
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