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reptyle · I'm new here... Joined: 28 Aug 2007 Posts: 7

The first 4 pictures are the same monitor. I am interested in the 5th one but I need to know the difference in locality so i can search and purchase one. I like the pattern of the 5th one and Im sure they are not the same. Please explain the difference .

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reptyle · I'm new here... Joined: 28 Aug 2007 Posts: 7

im sure most of you know this but they are both water monitors by the way. Just need the type thats all.

ilovemonitor-lizards · Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 10:20 am Post subject:

hi

the small one looks like bivittatus for me and the massive one is a salvator salvator
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panoptes panoptes
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Bohan · Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2007 7:34 pm Post subject:

hi, the first 4 look like V s salvator to me? Confused

The last one is a little confusing because it looks like it could be V s cumingi but scaled up, excuse the pun Smile

should be yellower though, so? not sure..
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lophius · Key Member Joined: 09 Mar 2006 Posts: 210

none of those animals are cumingi !

reptyle · I'm new here... Joined: 28 Aug 2007 Posts: 7

I agree. None of these are cummingis. I definently know how those look. Here in the u.s i notice that everyone that sells water monitors have the same ones. The ones that look like the baby picture up top. How come I dont see the ones with the thick bands around its back anymore. Now there just dots that go across. Im sure they are not the same and are from a diff locality. The baby has patterns similar to a sumatran however I own a sumatran and it is very YELLOWISH all over the body not just the patterns so im a little confused.

shay_ · Posted: Thu Sep 20, 2007 2:10 am Post subject:

you may want to ask John Adragna questions of locality for your water monitors or Michael Cota. They are both very knowledgeable about many of the different patterns of Salvator and likely places they're from
here's a link to Johns site
http://www.cybersalvator.com/home.asp
cheers