varanus acanthurus

I am in the process of moving on all my other animals and focusing on my small monitors. Because of this I thought I would make a bank of monitor runs/enclosures to keep the collection nice/neat/easily viewed and easy to care for. Personally with monitors I hate glass fronted enclosures and so...

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Can somebody please tell me IN SIMPLE TERMS the difference between UVA and UVB light for Ackies. Thanks..

hey everyone, got a 2 metre high by 3 metre long wooden enclosure and wanting some ideas on what to keep in it :lol:

Looking for some feedback on these 2 species. I currently keep Panoptes & I have the opportunity to purchase a pair of Tristis or Acanthurus monitors (one pair, not both species). I have heard that Tristis are quite shy & prefer to hide, with the Acanthurus being somewhat the opposite. Having...

hi guys im trying to make the choice between either a ackie or possibly bluetounge i know both animals are very different and i have different reasons for liking both but wanted some peoples advice on which would be better i have a 4x2x2 melamine enclosure i like that ackies are alot more active...

Common Name i have 3 levis levis MMF. all yearlings. 1 big male diamond - not aggressive but does bite if you give him the chance but just a quicl tag :) never refuses a feed Proven breeder. $350 multiple hatchling beardies Yellow phase parents. 2 black heads M&F. for description view my other...

Common Name i have 3 levis levis MMF. all yearlings. 1 big male diamond - not aggressive but does bite if you give him the chance but just a quicl tag :) never refuses a feed Proven breeder. multiple hatchling beardies Yellow phase parents. 2 black heads M&F. for description view my other...

Scientific Name Varanus ackie Common Name ridge tail monitor Age 11.5 mths Size 15cm Quantity Available 1 Bred By General Description Yearling ackie for sale. Excess to my needs. Suspected female but not 100%. Good to handle. Likes to be rubbed once in your hand. Nice ill ackie...

Species Common Name Black Headed Pythons Age 5 and 4 Length 2 and 1.8 approx Quantity Available 2. M and F General Description Bought these 2 massive beauties last February to breed as i was told they bred the season before. however i didnt manage to get any copulation. Have had them...

just a few weeks to go :D who is going? who is selling and what are you selling? plans on buying new additions? cant wait got some money coming and going to get something, plus my mate is getting something beautiful and expensive , going to be great :)

So I'm picking up an ackie tomorrow as a surprise for my Dad.. I have been researching for a while now and have the basics down pact, but find that I absorb information better if it is laid out plain and simple in front of me, rather than digging through different webistes for information. I...

i have 2 sand monitor indoors and i was wondering if they need uv lighting or not because i read somewhere that there are no know benifical differences from a monitor kept with uv to that of one kept without uv lighting. is this true? thanks

Hi guys I've kept snakes for about 12 years now but I'm looking into getting a monitor of some sort, Is there any there any of the larger species that are generally quite or can be tame? Cheers in advance guys!

Scientific Name Varanus acanthurus Common Name Ridge-tailed monitor Age Hatched mid November 2011 Quantity Available 2 General Description Two active little critters from nicely coloured Pilbara parents. Both shedding well, no missing extremities. Eating dusted woodies and...

Just looking for some ridgetail monitor hacthlings in the Geelong/Melb area. Thanks in advance for any replys.

Looking for a hatchling or yearling ridge tail monitor preferrably within 100km of the Gold Coast. Please text Tara on 0416 705 564

Hi all, Yes im wrapped. I'd like you all to meet my newest additon. My Baby ridge tail monitor :) This last pic - 2days fresh!!! and new geckos Thanks to SamNabs there lil beautys... Enjoy

my brother an i were looking at getting a lizard or two, we decided we wanted a water dragon but its very hard to find them atm, i was just wonder what our other options were, it has to be able live in a 4 foot long by 2 foot wide by 4 foot high its whole life. please post what other options i...

Selling some snakes and buying some Lizards... the madness never ends... so I moved a few enclosures around... Some pics cause it's raining and it's super quiet at work :( Acky tank on the left.... 5 empty tanks and one gilleni on the right...soon to house a few more monitors Random dragon...

hi guys want to try figure out something about cage sizes for ackies have asked a few different people and a few have said 3foot and a few have said 4 foot i want to know what the majority thinks is acceptable to house a hatchy acky to adult size for life all and any advice is appreciated greatly

post your water monitor set ups

hi guys i am looking at getting a ackie in the near future and would like to see some other peoples set ups to try get some idead for what im going to put together

Hi all, Need some urgent advice...we won a silent auction that had a heap of racks etc 'and a couple of gecko's'. Have just picked everything up - what we weren't told was the animals were in extremely poor condition as the guy had been away alot (there was a dead gecko in one of the tanks...

Hi, I am new to the site................ I am about to make the move to Australia. As part of this move i have had to sell my entire collection of reptiles here in the UK of nearly 100 pythons and boas. That said i am looking forward to continuing my hobby in Oz and i would appreciate some...

Looking to buy 2 ackies or 2 gillens, preferably under 1 year In victoria btw

any one selling ridge tailed monitors or no of some one that is ?

any one selling mertens water monitors near brisbane ?

My friend and I always wanted a little thing to run around our desk like a miniture animal. Well, it kinda just hit me that my spotted python is like a miniture retic python and my friends blue tongue is like a miniture komodo dragon. Yay for chibi pets and reptiles altogether :D Also would...

hi guys trying to make the choice on either one of these guys so thought id ask some other people opinions on the matter which you would prefer and why thanks in advance

as the title states looking for a enclosure suitable for a ridge tail i live in the ipswich area happy to travel but not to far pm me if you have what im looking for.

Hi All, I was a bit hesitant to post a thread like this for fear as coming across as an idiot who didn’t know what he was doing, but I thought it might be important to share some information like this, especially with some of the new aspiring herp keepers. We often hear about people’s...

hey guys im relativly new to this forum but have had reptile for some time i currently the only reptile i have is just have hypo bredli python however i do also have 2 salamanders and 5 scorpions in the past i have had a blue tongue , a beardie and a turtle but had to sell due to moving and...

Im thinking of getting an ackie and was wondering if this enclosure is suitable for an adult and if so how many? Its 4ft x 14" x 18" high. Obviously the beardie wont be in there when the ackie moves in. Is there anything I should add/take out? I'm going to replace the basking light as well so...

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Im looking into getting a monitor and just wanted to know which is the best for beginner, ive had lizards in the past but never a monitor.

Im looking into getting one or two of these guys but cant decide which one to get. Im pretty much after one that I can handle fairly well and wont always try to escape each time I take him out of the enclosure and also that doesnt eat like a pig. Ive heard ackies are really big eaters so yeah...

One of my Ackies seems to spend just about all day trying to climb the glass door of his/her enclosure. I was hoping this would stop when I moved them to their bigger enclosure (used to do exactly the same thing in one corner of their tub). It's in exactly the same spot every day and it doesn't...

hi guys, found this little, what i assume to be a monitor in my back yard in this tub of water. i have googled abit and i want to say its a water monitor but my knowledge only extends to snakes and i know nothing about lizards or monitors. it does seem very lathargic and doesnt move much...

SOLD Scientific Name Common Name ackies Age bout 3years Size normal Quantity Available 2 Bred By General Description nice looking pair female is alot darker red then male both are nice and healthy and very active well eat from your hand as long as u dont mind then odd bite on...

Does anybody have a baby ackie for sale soon I have been wanting one for a while Cheers herpboy

Hi guys, I'm after a young Ackie, preferably younger than 6 months of age. This will be my first monitor, so I'm wanting to watch it grow up. I'm based in Townsville, so if freight is necessary and doesn't blow the price out too far, I'll happily pay for it. Will also happily pick it up if...

I looked at buying a sand monitor on the weekend & noticed it was missing a nail/ claw, is this normal? It didn't seem to affect it climbing or anything.

There didn't seem to be much happenning on APS today so here is an odd question... Does any one know of a snake being a hermaphrodite? Would they probe deep on one side and shallow on the other? Would they be capable of reproduction or even self fertilisation???:? Hermaphrodite snakes would...

Looking to buy a ridge tail monitor, have a bearded dragon if interested in swap PM me with what you got :)

Hi guys I have a couple of Pythons and now my youngest Daughter would like a Lizard. We have a enclosure already so we just need the Lizard. Which is the easiest Lizard to look after?? What do they eat? What temps do they need and is there any other thing they spercificaly need. Cheers guys Joe

Varanus acanthurus pair, 2 years old, pilbara locale, female has reduced back pattern and would make interesting breeding project $700 pr, Varanus storri storri - stunning male, 3 year old $200 pics available on request Location Sunshine Coast, QLD Willing to Freight? Yes, $50...

Scientific Name Varanus acanthurus Common Name Ridge Tailed Monitor Age approx 1yr Size 30cm-ish ?? Quantity Available 1 General Description 1 x Ackie , unknown sex , good condition has all its toes etc. Feeds like a machine on woodies etc. Selling complete with a glass URS...

In need of a number of animals if anyone can help me out. I am located in Adelaide, SA and will pay any associated freighting/ shipping costs. If you can help, please PM me here. 1x male western hooded scaly-foot (Pygopus nigriceps). Must be P.nigriceps and NOT P.schraderi. 1x male...

I want to get some Lizards that my children can have some supervised interaction with. The idea is to get the kids to build an understanding of reptile husbandry but have it a little more interesting for them than watching Dad play with his snakes. I have been reading and researching as much as...