Kuyu: Meat (Page 4)

1.
lirrppiriji
creek goanna, yellow goanna
Varanus panoptes
Warumungu people usually go out hunting for lirrppiriji in watercourse country, in creeks, floodouts and swamps. Lirrppiriji are fat at the beginning of the wet season, when the first lightning strikes

2.
nyinkka
spiky-tailed goanna
Varanus acanthurus

3.
lakkapura
central netted dragon
Ctenophorus nuchalis

4.
jalawarla
black-headed python
Aspidites melanocephalus
We also catch and eat this nocturnal reptile all year round.