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Rosenberg's Goanna - Australian Alps: Distribution and vegetation associations

Scientific name: Varanus rosenbergi
Conservation status in NSW: Vulnerableexternal link
Commonwealth status: Not listedexternal link
Last updated: 13 Jan 2022

Distribution of the species within this region

The Rosenberg's Goanna is known or predicted to occur in the following sub-regions of the Australian Alps Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation of Australia Region.

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IBRA sub-region  Known or predictedGeographic restrictions within region
Snowy Mountains Predicted None

Vegetation formations, classes and types

In this region the Rosenberg's Goanna - Australian Alps is known to be associated with the following vegetation formations and classes. Click on a name to get background information about it.

  • Dry sclerophyll forests (shrub/grass sub-formation)
    • Central Gorge Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3473 Bungonia Slates Shrubby Open Forest
      • 3474 Burragorang Escarpment Grey Gum Sheltered Forest
      • 3475 Burragorang Escarpment Ironbark Forest
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    • Clarence Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3420 Clarence Lowland Ironbark-Spotted Gum Grassy Forest
      • 3427 Northern Hinterland Hills Bloodwood-Red Gum Grassy Forest
    • Cumberland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3448 Castlereagh Ironbark Forest
    • Hunter-Macleay Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3431 Central Hunter Ironbark Grassy Woodland
      • 3435 Hunter Coast Lowland Flats Damp Forest
      • 3437 Hunter Coast Lowland Spotted Gum Dry Forest
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    • Northern Gorge Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3465 Northern Gorges Red Gum Grassy Forest
    • North-west Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Woodlands
      • 1611 Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Black Cypress Pine shrub - grass woodland upper Hunter and northern Wollemi
      • 1605 Narrow-leaved Ironbark - Native Olive shrubby open forest of the central and upper Hunter
      • 3516 Northwest Black Pine-Ironbark Forest
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    • Southern Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3449 Far South Escarpment Stringybark-Gum Forest
    • Upper Riverina Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 305 Apple Box - Broad-leaved Peppermint - Red Stringybark shrubby hill open forest in the upper NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and adjacent South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
      • 298 Apple Box - Nortons Box - Blakely's Red Gum valley flat moist grassy tall open forest in the southern NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion and adjoining South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
      • 314 Apple Box - Red Stringybark basalt scree open forest in the upper Murray River region
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  • Dry sclerophyll forests (shrubby sub-formation)
    • Coastal Dune Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3544 Coastal Sands Apple-Blackbutt Forest
      • 3545 Coastal Sands Bloodwood Low Forest
      • 3546 Coastal Sands Littoral Scrub-Forest
      • 3549 Lower North Sandplain Heathy Forest
      • 3556 Umina Coastal Sand Woodland
    • South Coast Sands Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3638 South Coast Sands Bangalay Forest
    • South East Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3643 Bungonia Tableland Silvertop Ash-Stringybark Forest
      • 3650 Goulburn-Lithgow Ranges Silvertop Ash Forest
      • 3651 Gourock Range Peppermint-Ash Shrub Forest
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    • Southern Tableland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 652 Apple Box - Eurabbie grassy open forest on sheltered slopes and gullies in the Burrinjuck area, South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
      • 653 Apple Box - Yellow Box - Argyle Apple dry open forest of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion and NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
      • 344 Argyle Apple - Acacia mearnsii valley open forest of the Yass - Rye Park region of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion and adjoining NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
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    • Sydney Coastal Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3578 Blue Mountains Low Heathy Woodland
      • 3579 Blue Mountains Scribbly Gum Swamp Woodland
      • 3585 Morton Plateau Shrub Forest
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    • Sydney Hinterland Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3599 Blue Mountains Peppermint Shrub Forest
      • 3601 Burragorang Footslopes Scribbly Gum Forest
      • 3602 Burragorang Permian Sandstone Grey Gum-Peppermint Forest
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    • Sydney Montane Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3685 Budawang Sandstone Silvertop Ash Forest
      • 3687 Newnes Plateau Peppermint-Ash Tall Forest
      • 3688 Newnes Plateau Silvertop Ash Woodland
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    • Sydney Sand Flats Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3629 Castlereagh Scribbly Gum Woodland
      • 3628 Castlereagh Shrubby Swamp Woodland
      • 4162 Elderslie Banksia Scrub
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    • Western Slopes Dry Sclerophyll Forests
      • 712 Blue-leaved Ironbark - pine shrubby open forest on hills in the Capertee Valley, Sydney Basin Bioregion
      • 1671 Brown Bloodwood - Dwyer's Red Gum - Red Ironbark heathy woodland on sandstone ranges of the Sydney Basin
      • 3751 Capertee Blue-leaved Ironbark Forest
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  • Forested wetlands
    • Coastal Floodplain Wetlands
      • 4019 Coastal Alluvial Bangalay Forest
      • 4020 Coastal Creekflat Layered Grass-Sedge Swamp Forest
      • 4021 Coastal Creekline Dry Shrubby Swamp Forest
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    • Coastal Swamp Forests
      • 3996 Coastal Sand Swamp Mahogany Dry Forest
      • 3987 Far North Floodplain Paperbark-Swamp Oak Forest
      • 3989 Far North Paperbark Fern Swamp Forest
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    • Eastern Riverine Forests
      • 4063 Central and Southern Tableland River Oak Forest
      • 4073 Lower North Hinterland River Oak Forest
      • 4079 Northern Hinterland Grassy River Oak Forest
      • 4084 Southern Escarpment River Oak Forest
      • 4086 Sydney Coastal Sandstone Riparian Scrub
  • Freshwater wetlands
    • Coastal Heath Swamps
      • 3894 Blue Mountains Creekline Shrub Swamp
      • 3929 Blue Mountains Swamp Heath
      • 3895 Budawang Damp Swamp Heath
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    • Montane Bogs and Fens
      • 3930 Bondo Montane Flats Swamp Woodland
      • 3932 Central and Southern Tableland Swamp Meadow Complex
      • 3941 Megalong Valley Fringing Swamp Scrub
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  • Grasslands
    • Maritime Grasslands
      • 3407 Central Headland Grassland
    • Temperate Montane Grasslands
      • 896 Kangaroo Grass - Wallaby Grass - Snow Grass moist tussock grassland in the Monaro and the Southern Tablelands regions of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion and NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
      • 3414 Monaro Snowgrass-Kangaroo Grass Grassland
      • 3415 Southern Tableland Red Grass-Spear Grass Grassland
      • 1289 Wallaby Grass - Red-grass - Tall Speargrass - Kangaroo Grass dry tussock grassland of the North-western and Eastern Southern Tablelands in the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
  • Grassy woodlands
    • Coastal Valley Grassy Woodlands
      • 1692 Bull Oak grassy woodland of the central Hunter Valley
      • 3315 Central Hunter Ironbark-Spotted Gum Forest
      • 3314 Central Hunter Slopes Grey Box Forest
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    • Southern Tableland Grassy Woodlands
      • 654 Apple Box - Yellow Box dry grassy woodland of the South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
      • 703 Blakely's Red Gum - Yellow Box - Rough-barked Apple grassy woodland of the Capertee Valley, Sydney Basin Bioregion
      • 3365 Bondo Slopes Red Stringybark Grassy Forest
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    • Subalpine Woodlands
      • 1191 Snow Gum - Candle Bark woodland on broad valley flats of the tablelands and slopes, South Eastern Highlands Bioregion
      • 1196 Snow Gum - Mountain Gum shrubby open forest of montane areas, South Eastern Highlands Bioregion and Australian Alps Bioregion
    • Tableland Clay Grassy Woodlands
      • 3337 Bondo Frost Hollow Grassy Woodland
      • 722 Brittle Gum - stringybark shrubby open forest on basalt residuals in the Capertee Valley, Sydney Basin Bioregion
      • 3338 Goulburn Tableland Frost Hollow Grassy Woodland
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    • Western Slopes Grassy Woodlands
      • 279 Blakely's Red Gum - White Cypress Pine woodland on footslopes of hills in central part of the NSW South Western Slopes Bioregion
      • 3387 Central West Creekflat Grassy Woodland
      • 3404 Central West Flats Grassy Box Woodland
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  • Heathlands
    • Coastal Headland Heaths
      • 3789 Coastal Headland Clay Heath
      • 3793 Hunter Coast Headland Clay Heath
      • 3794 Lower North Coast Headland Clay Heath
    • Southern Montane Heaths
      • 4163 Mount Gibraltar Melaleuca Heath
    • Sydney Coastal Heaths
      • 4127 Colo Plateau Dwarf Apple Heath-Woodland
      • 3807 Northern Sydney Heath-Mallee
      • 3808 Northern Sydney Sandstone Rockplate Shrubland
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    • Sydney Montane Heaths
      • 636 Allocasuarina nana heathland at Genowlan Point, Sydney Basin Bioregion
      • 3857 Blue Mountains Rocky Mallee Heath
      • 3858 Budawang Rockplate Shrubland
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    • Wallum Sand Heaths
      • 3799 Agnes Banks Woodland
      • 3802 Lower North Sandplain Wallum Heath
      • 3803 Northern Sandplain Damp Wallum Heath
      • 3805 Southern Sandplain Heath
      • 3806 Sydney Coastal Sand Mantle Heath
  • Rainforests
    • Dry Rainforests
      • 3110 Greater Sydney Enriched Grey Myrtle Dry Rainforest
    • Littoral Rainforests
      • 3134 Illawarra Seacliffs Littoral Rainforest
      • 3132 Northern Sands Tuckeroo-Banksia Forest
      • 3133 Sydney Coast Tuckeroo Littoral Rainforest
    • Northern Warm Temperate Rainforests
      • 3028 Illawarra Escarpment Warm Temperate Rainforest
      • 3038 Sydney Coastal Coachwood Gallery Rainforest
      • 3040 Sydney Coastal Foreshores Gully Rainforest
      • 3039 Sydney Coastal Lilly Pilly-Palm Gallery Rainforest
      • 3041 Sydney Sandstone Coachwood-Grey Myrtle Rainforest
    • Southern Warm Temperate Rainforests
      • 3045 South Coast Temperate Gully Rainforest
    • Subtropical Rainforests
      • 3036 South Coast Warm Temperate-Subtropical Rainforest
  • Wet sclerophyll forests (grassy sub-formation)
    • Montane Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3307 Kosciuszko-Namadgi Alpine Ash Moist Grassy Forest
    • Northern Hinterland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3230 Central Coast Escarpment Moist Forest
      • 3234 Hunter Coast Lowland Spotted Gum Moist Forest
      • 3238 Hunter Range Colluvial Apple-Gum Forest
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    • Southern Lowland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3266 Nattai-Morton Sandstone Peppermint Gully Forest
      • 3267 Shoalhaven Foothills Turpentine Forest
      • 3268 Shoalhaven Foothills Turpentine-Ironbark Moist Forest
      • 3273 South Coast Lowland Shrub-Grass Forest
    • Southern Tableland Wet Sclerophyll Forests
      • 3291 Bondo Montane Valley Flats Forest
      • 3292 Bondo Slopes Peppermint Moist Grassy Forest
      • 3293 Bondo Slopes Peppermint Sheltered Fern Forest
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