The Argus or Yellow-spotted Monitor (Varanus panoptes) or Bungarra as it is known in the Murchison Region of Western Australia is a large monitor lizard with a wide distribution in the central and northern parts of Australia. Males grow to about 140 centimetres (5 feet) and females are smaller, reaching a length of about 90 centimetres (3 feet).

Bungarras are mainly terrestrial, although they climb well if threatened or looking for food such as nestlings. They are excellent diggers, with long sharp claws, a long, blue forked tongue and an excellent sense of smell. Bungarras eat a wide variety of prey including other monitors, and also eat carrion. This large male was moving around on the Errabiddy Bluff track in the Murchison, searching for food. When it saw me it froze, watching me and ready to flee. I approached it slowly, and it allowed me to approach closely and shoot this sequence of video clips from different distances and angles.