For all the Monitor fanatics.....

[Hickson]

Not sure if it's been mentioned yet, but URS has an adult male Perentie for sale.

For just $5000.

http://www.ultimatereptiles.com.au/reptile/price.html

Try not to drool too much guys.



Hix

 

[africancichlidau]

I've got spare 4 foot enclosure, maybe I should get it. They do eat roaches don't they?

 

[Snake Catcher Victoria]

two crocs and enclosure for 1000$ in the tradingpost..
not a bad price if you got the room.

 

[diamond_python]

Then all you would need is an Adult Female and another bank loan.

 

[Ricko]

here ya go this is a picture of the big boy lol he definetly makes alot of noise when you disturb him :twisted:

 

[stockeh]

nice pic ricko who took that???

 

[Ricko]

hehe sumb silly man who got in the cage with him and then jumped out and screamed like a little girl after he got the shot!! lol

 

[stockeh]

i didnt see you climbing in the cage with him

 

[ashley_morris22]

is ther a better pic ( i cant aford it but would like to see it a bit better)

thanks
ashley

 

[farmdog]

aks that

sumb silly man

if he would jump back in for a better pic for you

 

[Ricko]

nah sorry mate that was all he would let us take of him then he ran to his hidebox and he didnt need to be disturbed as we had seen him and also we didnt want tim to get hurt lol

 

[hugsta]

They are an awesome monitor and I would certainly love to have one if I had the room. They are quite expensive though and I wouldn't imagine there would be a huge market for them due to their huge size. Let alone feeding and heating bills.

 

[Menagerie]

are they like the GTP of the monitor world?

 

[herptrader]

No that honour would have to go to the Emerald Monitor (Varanus prasinus). I am not aware of any of these in captivity in Australia:

are they like the GTP of the monitor world?

Check out that long prehensile tail:

Outside of Australia however there seem to be quite a few about judging by the info available on the net:

http://www.reptilespark.com/home/varanus/5.htm
http://www.monitor-lizards.net/species/euprepiosaurus/prasinus.html
http://mampam.50megs.com/monitors/prasinus.html
http://www.varanus.nl/V_prasinus.htm
http://www.geocities.com/terramekka/prasinus.htm
http://www.monitor-lizards.net/german/species/euprepiosaurus/prasinus.html
http://www.goannas.net/species/infos/prasinus04b.html
http://www.varanus.nl/V_prasinus_beschr.htm
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~varanus/varanusrefs.html
http://www.terraristikladen.com/nz_varanus_prasinus.htm
http://manfredreisinger.bei.t-online.de/varanus_prasinus.htm
http://www.goannas.net/species/infos/prasinus04a.html
http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~varanus/varanoidrefs.html
http://www.varanus.nl/V_prasinus_beschr_eng.htm
http://www.terraristikladen.com/galerie_varanus_prasinus.htm
http://www.varanus.nl/engbegin.htm
http://www.varanus.nl/V_prasinus_f3.htm
http://reptilia.kvalitne.cz/v_prasinus_php.php
http://www.varanus.nl/V_prasinus_kaart.htm
http://varanus.nl/engleeftijdzonderplaats.htm
http://www.treemonitors.com/literature.html
http://www.curator.org/LegacyVMNH/W...aranus/SubEuprepiosaurus/varanus_prasinus.htm
http://www.reference.com/search?q=Prasinus
http://www.sauria.de/
http://www.reptilespark.com/home/varanus/
http://www.themonitorspot.com/greentreef2.html
http://www.sbc.su.se/~liberles/TAED3.0/Phylodata/62050.html
http://www.varanus-prasinus.com/
http://www.treemonitors.com/prasinuspublications.html
http://www.eeb.cornell.edu/greene/pubs.html
http://dml.cmnh.org/1996Sep/msg00344.html
http://www.eeb.cornell.edu/greene/GreeneCV.html
http://www.kingsnake.com/monitor/species.html
http://mampam.50megs.com/monitors/beccari.html
http://www.varanus.nl/V_prasinus_f1.htm
http://webhome.idirect.com/~varanus/greentreef2.html
http://www.vpi.com/6VPIPrint/VPIPrint.htm
http://www.medicum.net/review-9998057760-us.html
http://www.sthlm-herp.net/galleri/galleri_600/leffe8_600.html
http://www.themonitorspot.com/blacktreef2.html
http://www.oceanlight.com/spotlight.php?img=12602
http://www.critterzone.com/gallery/rept_monitor_green_tree_gallery.htm
http://www.treemonitors.com/

 

[Menagerie]

wow! Are we able to keep them here in Australia?

How big do those perenties grow?

 

[Kenshin]

perenties are in the top four largest lizards in the world the 1st being the komodo dragon then im unsure i think the 3 contenders that get around the same size are the asian water monitor, croc monitor (native to PNG) and the perenty

my money would be on the croc monitor being 2end with the perenty 3erd and the azn water monitor 4th.. but i dunno anything about azn water monitors

is this perenty thats for sale origionaly a wc adult?? if i ever got the space to keep one <omg id cream myself> i would want hatchlings to start with on the same principle as scrubs..... a pissed off adult bent on ripping your arms off when u need to handle them is quiet difficult

 

[Menagerie]

lol!!! I'm betting that this is on the class 2 licence for NSW. Which is probably a good thing, otherwise my husband would be buying it tomorrow. :lol:

 

[indicus]

Now your talking Herptrader......very nice; i remember them as a kid....awesome .....thanks for the links.
The perentie, is beautiful, however i personaly feel it's one to see in the wild.....large home range and all.....bad enough keeping lace monitors i guess; have to admitt, i'd make room if i really had to :roll:

 

[Menagerie]

recommended enclosure size?

 

[Hickson]

recommended enclosure size?

8.74 hectares.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

At least, that's what I would recommend!



Hix