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[dunno103]

Snout-vent length

Hi

Kirby (and any other potential monitor keepers) I hope you read this.

IMO snout-vent length is more important than total length, but then you must look at the monitors natural behaviour. A spencers lives on those flat plains in northern Qld so they spend a lot of their time foraging for food ie moving a lot.

According to H Ehmann (Encyclo.. Reptiles 1992) spencers s-v is 55 cm, a sandy (normal) 65.5 cm, a perentie 75 cm, a mertens 47.5 cm and a lacie 76.5. The last 2 are probably a little less terestrial, but the mertens is a large water monitor and the lacey is an avid climber, the rest are predominantly terestrial.

The smaller subspecies of gouldii (flavirufus) probably attains a s-v of 30cm but IMO need more room than 2.1 x 0.9 m.

But I do agree that for a tristis (s-v 28 cm), which is commonly found in trees, this would be adequate.

Cheers

Steve

 

[Spinipes]

if you built a 7 ft by 3ft by 3ft it should be ok for a sandy (favi). Gouldi Gouldi grow to 1.6m much bigger than favi's. there are some massive gouldi gouldi on daydream island that would be bigger than 1.6 m