Gould's Goanna

Closest Relatives at Kakadu National Park

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Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	40–50%
2	Flinders Ranges National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	40–50%
3	Kakadu National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	10–20%
4	Grampians National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
5	Blue Mountains National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Gould's Goanna in Kakadu National Park?

About 17% of visitor-days record a Gould's Goanna sighting in Kakadu National Park, based on 12 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Gould's Goanna in Kakadu National Park?

May has the highest sighting rate for Gould's Goanna in Kakadu National Park in our monthly data.