Reptile Forum, Reptile Classifieds - CaptiveBred

martin day · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 9:01 pm Post subject: dwarf availibility and prices

id really like to start a bit of a collection of the smaller monitors i was just wondering what are the rare finds and what are quite easy to find allso a rough guide to the price of them
im not sure of the names of all of them so if you can add some others that would be helpfull the ones i know and id like info about availability and prices are
ackies reds and yellows
kimberly rock monitors
timors
freckled monitors

thanks

Rick_Albig · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 9:42 pm Post subject:

The family of monitors you want to be looking at is the subgenus Odatria. These are considered the dwarf species of monitors and will all be CBB as they are Australian.

The most common are Ackies (Varanus acanthurus) These start at around the £100 mark.

Moving up in price and harder to come across are:

Varanus gilleni
Varanus glauerti
Varanus kingorum
Varanus pilbarensis
Varanus storri
Varanus tristis tristis
Varanus tristis orientalis

Some of these will be very difficult to find and very expensive. Your best bet is to do a bit or research, find a particular species you like and then start hunting in the classifieds.

Good luck!

Rick

martin day · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:14 pm Post subject:

thanks rick Very Happy

the main ones i like are
ackies
timors
kimberly rock monitor
any ideas of the prices and availibility of the last two

Rick_Albig · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:20 pm Post subject:

Timor monitors - Varanus timorensis - are fairly common and usually go for around the same price as ackies or a bit more, i can get you an adult female if you are interested? PM me.

kimberly rock monitors - Varanus glauerti - are a bit harder to come by. You will just have to search the classifieds or post a wanted advert. I think they usually go for around the £300 mark but this can vary a fair bit.

Rick

reptileparadise · Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 10:20 pm Post subject:

Ackies are often available, mostly around €125 for hatchlings
Timors are less seen here on the mainland, prices aroun €100 to €150 for hatchlings. A friend of mine just put his pair of timors together...They're sunbathing on top of each other, so i'm guessing they quite like each other Very Happy

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