Spiny-tailed monitor: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the spiny-tailed monitor lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Varanus acanthurus
Group	Lizards, geckos & tuatara
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Class	Reptile
Order	Squamata
Family	Varanidae

Where does the spiny-tailed monitor live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the spiny-tailed monitor in 1 country or territory across Oceania. Wikidata lists it as endemic to Australia.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the spiny-tailed monitor endangered?

The spiny-tailed monitor’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the spiny-tailed monitor?

The spiny-tailed monitor (Varanus acanthurus) is a reptile in the order Squamata and the family Varanidae, genus Varanus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the spiny-tailed monitor

The spiny-tailed monitor (Varanus acanthurus), also known as the Australian spiny-tailed monitor, the ridge-tailed monitor the Ackie dwarf monitor, and colloquially simply ackie monitor, is an Australian species of lizard belonging to the genus of monitor lizards (Varanus).

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Spiny-tailed monitor (revision 1339537083), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q1757161 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).