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Encyclopedia > Perentie
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Perentie
Perentie Lizard at Perth Zoo
Perentie Lizard at Perth Zoo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Family: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Species: V. giganteus
Binomial name
Varanus giganteus
(Gray, 1845)

The Perentie is the largest monitor lizard or goanna native to Australia. It is found west of the Great Dividing Range in the arid areas of Australia. The lizard can grow up to 2.5 m in length making it the second largest lizard in the world, with the largest being the Komodo Dragon found in Indonesia. ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2418x1882, 1707 KB) Perentie Lizard at Perth Zoo in September 2005. ... The Perth Zoo opened in Perth, Australia in 1898 with two lions, a tiger and six staff members. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria (coral, jellyfish, anenomes) Placozoa (trichoplax) Subregnum Bilateria (bilateral symmetry) Acoelomorpha (basal) Orthonectida (flatworms, echinoderms, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicatas Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders  Crocodilia - Crocodilians  Rhynchocephalia - Tuataras  Squamata   Suborder Sauria- Lizards   Suborder Serpentes - Snakes   Suborder Amphisbaenia - Worm lizards Testudines - Turtles Superorder Dinosauria  Saurischia  Ornithischia Reptiles are tetrapods, and also are amniotes, animals whose embryos are surrounded by an amniotic membrane. ... Suborders Amphisbaenia - Worm lizards Sauria- Lizards Serpentes - Snakes Squamata (scaled reptiles) is the largest recent order of reptiles, including lizards and snakes. ... Families Many, see text. ... Species Many, see text. ... Species Many, see text. ... In biology, binomial nomenclature refers to the formal method of naming species. ... John Edward Gray. ... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Species Many, see text. ... Species Several, see text. ... The Great Divide runs around the entire eastern and south-eastern edge of Australia The Great Dividing Range (a. ... Binomial name Varanus komodoensis Ouwens, 1912 The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) is the largest lizard in the world, growing to a length of about 3 metres (10 feet) and weighing between 80 and 140 kg (175 to 310 lb). ...


They can stand on their back legs and tail to gain a better view of the surrounding terrain.


A brown snake's bite is venomous enough to kill an adult human. But, it is no match to the toughness of Perentie.This lizard is immune to the venom of poisonous snakes. It's jaws are so powerful that it can crush a brown snake's skull with a single bite. Perentie's mouth is full of toxic bateria that can cause blood poisoning.


Diet

They generally forage for their food, but are also known to wait for small animals to come to them.

  • Insects
  • Reptiles
  • Birds
  • Small mammals
  • Carrion

Carrion is the carcass of a dead animal that becomes food for other scavenging animals such as hyenas or Tasmanian Devils. ...

Habitat

  • Arid
  • Rocky & sandy

  Results from FactBites:
 
Varanus giganteus by Daniel Bennett (1627 words)
Much of the perenties' prey may be caught in open pursuit; they are reported to catch gulls by hiding under vehicles until the birds come close enough to allow them to be chased down before they can take to the air (Losos and Greene 1988; King et al 1989).
Horn and Visser (1988) suggest that perenties and sand goannas rarely occur in the same area, with sand goannas occupying open areas in contrast to the rock outcrops favoured by perenties.
Perenties are extremely wary animals in the desert, although on Barrow Island they are said to be accustomed to people and relatively easy to observe.
BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Perentie, gigantic lace lizard, giant monitor (288 words)
The perentie is the largest Australian monitor lizard, growing to 2.5 metres in length.
Perenties are found from the coast of Western Australia, in the south of the Northern Territory, the north of South Australia and the very west of Queensland.
Perenties are fast runners, sprinting either on all fours or on their hind legs.
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