<hw>Goanna</hw>, <hw>Guana</hw>, and <hw>Guano</hw>, <i>n.</i> popular corruptions for <i>Iguana</i>, the large Lace-lizard (q.v.), <i>Varanus varius</i>, Shaw. In New Zealand, the word <i>Guano</i> is applied to the lizard-like reptile <i>Sphenodon punctatum</i>. See <i>Tuatara</i>. In Tasmania, the name is given to <i>Taliqua schincoides</i>, White, and throughout Australia any lizard of a large size is popularly called a <i>Guana</i>, or in the bush, more commonly, a <i>Goanna</i>. See also <i>Lace-lizard</i>.
1802. G. Barrington, `History of New South Wales,' c. viii. p. 285:
"Among other reptiles were found . . . some brown guanoes."
1830. R. Dawson, `Present state of Australia,' p. 118:
"At length an animal called a guana (a very large species of lizard) jumped out of the grass, and with amazing rapidity ran, as they always do when disturbed, up a high tree."
1864. J. Ropers, `New Rush,' p. 6:
"The shy guana climbs a tree in fear."
1891. Rolf Boldrewood, `A Sydney-side Saxon,' p. 99:
"A goanna startled him, and he set to and kicked the front of the buggy in."
1896. H. Lawson, `When the World was Wide,' p. 139: