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I want something abit different , I have all pythons atm. Criteria- small , handleable, non-venomous....Wouldnt mind a small monitor.... Any suggestions ??

Heres the list :
Red-Throated Cool-Skink
Jacky Lashtail
Nobbi Lashtail
Short-Necked Worm-Skink
Three-Clawed Worm-Skink
Eastern Brown Tree Snake
Northern Brown Tree Snake
Eastern Shovel-Nosed Snake
Dwarf Crowned Snake
Golden Crowned Snake
New Guinea Snake-Necked Turtle
Eastern Snake-Necked Turtle
Oblong Snake-Necked Turtle
Long-Necked Turtle
Marbled Southern Gecko
Cream-Striped Shinning-Skink
Central Netted Ground-Dragon
Painted Ground-Dragon
Pale-Rumped Ctenotus
Robust Ctenotus
Copper-Tailed Ctenotus
She-Oak Slender Bluetongue
Pink-Tongued Skink
Mainland She-oak Skink
Excitable Delma
Yellow-Faced Whipsnake
Green Tree Snake
De Vis's Banded Snake
Box-Patterned Gecko
Tesselated Gecko
Eastern Stone Gecko
Eastern Two-Line Dragon
White-Lipped Snake
Mustard-Bellied Snake
Cunningham's Spiny-Tailed Skink
Major Skink
Hosmer's Spiny-Tailed Skink
Unadorned Desert-Skink
King's Skink
Land Mullet
Eastern Ranges Rock-Skink
Black Crevice-Skink
Gidgee Spiny-Tailed Skink
Tree-Crevice Skink
White's Rock-Skink
Northern Snapping Turtle
Saw-Shelled Turtle
Mary River Turtle
Murray Short-Necked Turtle
Turtle/Tortoise Emydura macquarii
Macleay River Turtle
Sydney Basis Turtle
Cooper Creek Turtle
Hunter River Turtle
Krefft's River Turtle
Brisbane River Short-Necked Turtle
Narrow-Banded Sand-Swimmer
Broad-Banded Sand-Swimmer
Eastern Water-Skink
Bar-Sided Forest-Skink
Red-Naped Snake
Orange-Naped Snake
Top-End Dtella
Dubious Dtella
Varied Dtella
Marsh Snake
House Gecko
Prickly Gecko
Cave Prickly Gecko
Southern Forest Dragon
Dark-Flecked Garden Sunskink
Pale-Flecked Garden Sunskink
South-Eastern Slider
Burton's Snake-Lizard
Water Python
Olive Python
Stimson's Python
Burns' Dragon
Gilbert's Lashtail
Long-Snouted Lashtail
Swamplands Lashtail
Beaded Gecko
Northern Snake-Necked Turtle
Common Dwarf Skink
Centralian Carpet Python
Jungle Carpet Python
Western Carpet Python
Eastern Carpet Python
Murray/Darling Carpet Python
Diamond Python
Carpet/Diamond Python
Top End Carpet Python
Coastal/Centralian Carpet Python Hybrid
Coastal/Jungle Carpet Python Hybrid
Diamond/Centralian Carpet Python
Diamond/Jungle Python Hybrid
Carpet/Diamond Python
Diamond/Coastal Carpet Python Hybrid
South-Eastern Morethia Skink
Centralian Rough Knob-Tail Gecko
Prickly Knob-Tail Gecko
Pale Knob-Tail Gecko
Three-Lined Knob-Tail Gecko
Smooth Knob-Tail Gecko
Gecko occidentalis
Smooth Knob-Tail Gecko
Kimberley Rough Knob-Tail Gecko
Stellate Knob-Tail Gecko
Banded Knob-tail Gecko
Northern Velvet Gecko
Northern Spotted Velvet Gecko
Fringe-Toed Velvet Gecko
Lesueur's Velvet Gecko
Marbled Velvet Gecko
Ocellated Velvet Gecko
Robust Velvet Gecko
Southern Spotted Velvet Gecko
Variable Black-Naped Snake
Broad-Tailed Gecko
Eastern Water Dragon
Eastern Bearded Dragon
Eastern/Central Bearded Dragon Hybrid
Black-Soil Bearded Dragon
Western Bearded Dragon
Western Bearded Dragon
North-West Bearded Dragon
Central Bearded Dragon
Southern Scaly-Foot
Western Scaly-Foot
Eastern Hooded Scaly-Foot
Mountain Heath Dragon
Northern Leaf-Tail Gecko
Rough-Throated Leaf-Tail Gecko
Southern Leaf-Tailed Gecko
Slaty-Grey Snake
Northern Spiny-Tailed Gecko
Southern Spiny-Tailed Gecko
Golden Spiny-Tailed Gecko
Eastern Spiny-Tailed Gecko
Blotched Bluetongue
Shingleback Lizard
Common Bluetongue
Eastern / Blotched Bluetongue Hybrid
Thick-tailed Gecko
Ocellate Ridge-Tailed Monitor
Pygmy Mulga Monitor
Sand Monitor
Black-tailed Monitor
 
black headed monitor

how are they to handle ??? how big do they get ?and why are they called black headed monitors just googles them and they dont even have black heads lol

here i was thinking that i had to much time on my hands... :D

also i vote a dragon of some type

thanx mate, ive actually just finished building two enclosures took my kids to the aquatic center , fully cleaned out 10 enclosures and my 15mX20m shed. Made a BBQ lunch and weeded 1/3 of half an acre,god forbid I should relax for an hour or so , hay.

A Shingleback, love these little guys, so gorgeous.

Yes i agree they are lovely , are they okay to handle but ?
 
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Monitors are generally poor handlers. Very very interesting creatures though!
 
If you've already got snakes why don't you try something different? Monitors are awesome but get pretty big and aren't the best handlers...dragons are awesome! They are really friendly and love been handeled :) Great with kids too! If you want a dragon i'd either get a Central Netted Dragon or a Central Bearded Dragon :D Geckos are gorgeous! My gecko Ozzy i've had her since she was like 5cm's and she has never ever bitten me or shown signs of agression...i guess if they grow up being handeled that are use to it :) All i know is Ozzy is so calm and sweet and she'll just sit on my hand while i'm typing on the computer...still think dragons are better though :)
 
I would suggest gecko's as they are great to own, learn about and watch, however you said you want something handleable, in this case I would suggest a Ridge-Tailed Monitor (ackie).

Although you have to let them settle in for a fair while and let them get used to your presence. Monitors require a lot of patience it seems but I'm sure the end result is worth it.
 
and does anyone on this site sell shinglebacks ??

wow ridge tail monitors are beautiful ! so if I get a very young one it should get used to handling ??
 
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1st pic is V.p.rubidus Yellow-spotted Monitor, 2nd pic is V.acanthurus Ridge-tailed Monitor (ackie)
 
Yes, but you can't unless you have a Class 2 licence.
 
And Black-throats are illegal. So is that one lizard with the red head and blue body.
 
Yeh, from my experience shinglebacks are great to handle. We have had them just sit on your lap & be hand fed fruit etc.
They are hard to get hold of though & for a lizard can be pricey.
 
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