Xmas baby brevis !!!

[fishead]

These brand new little varanus brevicauda have timed their entrance into the world nicely.
They took 87 days to cook at 30 degrees in a perlite mix just a touch drier than 1:1

 

[AllThingsReptile]

congrats mate....

 

[Jonno from ERD]

Fantastic mate!

I had an adult pair of V.brevicauda a while back and was putting a lot of effort into breeding them, but never got any eggs. They went back to the owner and I only just got around to cleaning the enclosure out the other week...as I was sifting the sand, I found four shriveled eggs. I was not a happy camper.

 

[Radar]

It's great to see more of these amazing little fella's in the hobby. Im guessing you have a list as long as your arm for them. Nicely done.

 

[fishead]

Yeah I reckon they are my favourite critter. Mine here are all confident little buggers that happily go about their business in front of you. A real pleasure to keep.
Last season I think the boss male ate a lot of the eggs so this season i kept the three girls separately and threw the boss stud in with a girl if she looked to be bulking up with follicles. It seems to have worked well on the whole - had a couple of infertile clutches but still plenty of good looking eggs incubating so very happy.
I haven't been taking any names really because I didn't know how things would go.
The first few are spoken for but if you'd like some hopefully I should be able to help you out if incubation goes smoothly.
I got them from a guy up in Queensland who bred them from animals that he originally got from Greg Fyfe. They are nice and orange but i don't have any locality data on them. I'll get some more pics when the little ones are up and about plus some of the parents.

---------- Post added 24-Dec-10 at 07:33 PM ----------

Hey Jonno, that's bummer mate. I'm always amazed at how the eggs fit into the female.
The latest clutch was six fertiles and is the biggest I've had here.

 

[AUSGECKO]

Well done mate, brevicauda are at the top of my wish list.

 

[raged]

Definately on my wish list also..

 

[James..94]

Very nice Fishead

 

[Tristis]

very nice work mate!

 

[pythons73]

Thats awesome news someone that has some success with these..Great work Steve..

 

[Kenno]

Congrats mate!

Any updated info on these guys?

 

[spongebob]

Hey missed this post fishy. You seem to have cracked the brevi code. Well done.

B

 

[TWENTY B]

i was talking to Bob Whittey over the weekend and he said i should track you down fishhead.
any update on the Brevs.