yellow-spotted monitor
- Scientific Name
- Varanus panoptes
- Category
- Reptiles
Called djanay in all dialects. Variant pronunciation djarnay.
Djanay ka-ni ku-midj.
The yellow-spotted monitor lives in a burrow.
Djanay is called djarnahdjarna in a children's morrdjdjanjno song which explains how djanay announces the clearing of the clouds at the end of the wet season. Here is the song text:
Koyek ka-berrengol, kakbi ka-berrengol, karri ka-berrengol, walem
ka-berrengol kumardidjdja kumaburdub kumardidjdja kumaburdub.
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