V. spinulosus update...

[Gregg M]

Its amazing what a week and a half in captivity can do for a mud covered import...

 

[Imperial Geckos]

i am in shock to how beautiful those monitors look. BEAUTIFUL! Congrats! I wish you luck breeding them! :main_thumbsup:

I can only imagine what a captive bred V. spinulosus would look like...:main_cool3:

 

[Gregg M]

I can only imagine what a captive bred V. spinulosus would look like...:main_cool3:

It will not be long before you get to see what CBB spinulosus look like...:main_thumbsup:

The colors are really awesome on these guys... They have orange faces and hands, they have green on the neck and their spots are cream colored to yellow/green... And their backgroung ranges from light to dark olive green... They are reall spectacular looking and next to gilleni, they are my favorite monitor species...

 

[eric]

:main_thumbsup:

 

[RampantReptiles]

awesome... they look so much better!

your in NYC right? Are these large monitors allowed without a permit?

 

[Gregg M]

They are not large and not on the list of varanids you can not keep in NY... Besides, they are not being housed within city limits anyway...

 

[Retribution Reptiles]

Those are some interesting monitors

 

[RampantReptiles]

O they look big... no size scale
The list I am talking about is for all of NY state. The one that wont allow large snake species like retics and burmese pythons also includes caimans and some large monitor species so I was just curious thats all.

 

[Enigmatic_Reptiles]

They look awesome.

 

[Kristi23]

They are beautiful!

 

[Brhaco]

They look fantastic Gregg:main_thumbsup:

I'll tell you one thing, after seeing them I totally agree with splitting them off as a separate species-they don't look like mangroves at all.

 

[Gregg M]

They look fantastic Gregg:main_thumbsup:

I'll tell you one thing, after seeing them I totally agree with splitting them off as a separate species-they don't look like mangroves at all.

Thanks Brad,
That just goes to show you how messed up taxonomy was back in the day... I am not saying it is any better today though... LOL

But yes, they are very far removed from the indicus complex...