varanus mertensi

Scientific Name Varanus mertensi Common Namemertens' water monitor Age about a year.... Size60cm tatal length Quantity Available 1 Bred By no idea... General Description Nice looking Mertens' water monitor, feeds well on anything put in front of him, only selling...

Hey after looking at my fish I decided to make a fish thread who actually out there keeps reptile and fish well I do!:) At the moment I keep cheery shrimp, endelers,guppys,neons,Platy,korley loaches and yer I'll post a pic of my tank not that good planning on getting rid of fish nd turning into...

Hi all, i purchased a mertens water monitor (NT Local) and am setting up a display enclosure for it. just wondering if anyone has any pictures of a cage they have set up or seen that i might be able to get some ideas from. I am hoping to to purchase a 1200 x 600 x 600 glass aquarium which will...

Hi All, I want to buy a young Mertens Water Monitor for my son for his birthday in August. If anyone has any due around then I'd really like to hear from you. Thanks, Derek.

Scientific Name Varanus Mertensi Common Name Mertens Water Monitor Age 7-8 years Sex Male Size 1.4m (rough estimate of total length) Quantity Available 1 Price $400 General Description Large male Mertens, has bred with our females the last 2 years. Only selling...

Adult Mertens Water Monitor male - stunning and healthy however is excess to our breeding needs: $500 3 adult Centralian Bluetongues - unsure of sex, great looking lizards. $200 each or $500 the lot. Freight available - $50 to Sydney or Brisbane, $65 to anywhere else. Trades considered for N...

what do you think are the coolest lizards able to be kept in Australia in these the categories. 1.gecko 2.skink 3.dragon 4.monitor mine are 1. Centralian knob-tailed gecko 2. blotched blue toungue 3.frillneck 4.Mertens water monitor

Looking for anyone that would be interested in buying a baby Mertens water monitor? Have three hatchlings for sale. PM if interested

Anyone here keep more than one Adult male mertens water monitor in an enclosure?....... any size enclosure etc...... Just looking ahead a few years if it would be possible to keep a few males and females together in the same big outside pit or if I have to keep the males separate .. Cheers...

hi all! as some of you know i have 2 young water dragons and we are currently in the process of building a out door avairy style enclosure for them once they out grow their 6ft tank... which wont be for quite awhile as they are 10 and 5 months old at present.. this brings me to my question. i...

Scientific Name Common Name Mertens water monitor Age 12 mths Sex 80% sure its a male Size Quantity Available 1 Price $300 Bred By sonia dewdney General Description Great little monitor, this line originates from NT pine creek locals, easy to handle feeds...

Well people it's come go that time of the year again everythings starting to heat up down here in sa and my beardies are getting the edge for more food. Just purchased a beaut little mertens water monitor and have marlbled velvet geckos and thicktails and painted and penisula dragons. Bit I need...

Hey guys, I'm interested in getting a Mertens water monitor but before I do I want to do some research into the enclosure set up. In particular, what type of filter should I use and approx how much will the filter cost? Thanks for your help! :)

i just wanting to post a few pics of the progress of my mertens water monitor tank. just got the glass cut today and have put it together, its 4ft length by 2.5ft high by 3ft wide. :) i will post more pics when stand is made and tank inside is all done up.;)

Hey been doing a bit of research on the perentie monitor (Varanus giganteus) and then tried to find how much there worth, i couldnt find many for sale (as i thought) and tried to find some were with a descent idea of value, i seen prices like $500-$1000, $2000-$4000. can anyone give me a...

im currently planning on purchasing a monitor i would love a merterns but from what i understand it will require a lot of space so i thought about a mitchells but i cant find much info on them anywhere id love to keep a water based monitor thats why i thought about these two can u please...

Hi guys, Just thought I'd share a couple of piccies of my new Mertens water monitor enclosure. It took a while to put together as I had to learn to weld (with a bit of help from a few others) but it is finished now and I love it but most of all so do the mertens and turtles. I just need to...

I am looking for a healthy adult Male Mertens Water Monitor and a Female Spotted Tree Monitor. Thanks Matt

Just though id post a few pics of my baby mertens and his set up.

Ok so checking out some of those "show us" threads (as I like checking out some of your best), but I wan't to see your favorite herp, the one you love the most out of your collection!!! It doesn't have to be the best looking, just your favorite! So here's mine to start thing off lol...

I don't buy reptiles often like most people here, usually there's a gap of a year or so between herps. But I like to work out what I'm going to get as soon as possible. I want an aquatic lizard like an EWD, but I want something not so common. Both reptiles I have at the moment (beardy...

Lost reptiles found Victorian lost reptiles home, Animals found Currently the Victorian lost reptiles home has found reptiles in the following suburbs and is looking to find the original owners. Dec: Clayton Dec: Frankston Dec: Blackburn Dec: Surrey Hills Jan: Mooralbark Jan: Traralgon Feb...

hey guys, was just sitting here playin a game of cribbage on the internet thinking about the mertens water dragon and there enclosure im going to build and was thinking about the care for them whats its going to take, how much effort they are how big they get etc. the normal stuff before u get...

Happy new year everyone, hope you all celebrated as much as I did..... Anyway just thought I wold post a couple of random pics that I've taken of our "children" over the last few months. Hope you enjoy :) Pic 1 - Oliver just after having a bath. He's only just shed too. Pic 2 - Puglsey hangin...

Hello, Here are some pic's of my new female Varanus mertensi,she is a German breeding from 11/2008. Today she eat two live fish but I can't film it because I didn't find the camera regards Jakob

Hello, My name is Jakob and I live in Austria(Hollabrunn).I keep reptiles for 7 years now. I have now this lizard's: 0.1 Varanus mertensi (Mertens Water monitor) 1.0 Tejovaranus flavipunctatus (Falsemonitor) 2.1 Anolis coelestinus (White Lipp anole)...

im just wondering if anyone knows of any fake rock suppliers or manufacturers in melbourne (other than universal rock). also home-based creaters would be good. cheers, ben.

i went to melbourne zoo today and fell in love with the mertens water monitor enclosure they have set up. it looks amazing and almost accomplishable to replicate in my own enclosure. im just wondering what price everyone thinks it would cost to set up an enclosure of this calibur. im guessing...

Hey, i really love Mertens Water Monitors and i am thinking of getting a pair once i get my new outdoor avairy set up. but i like to hold, handle and pat all my pets and reptiles (not just put them on show) and was wondering if anyone has one or has had encounters with one, and could tell me...

Hey guys. Seen a pair of mertens today, love at first sight, THER AWSOME, he even got out his pond and climbed the log to head height to say hello, then i knew i wanted a pair :D and was wondering: Can i house a pair of merten water monitors in this Enclosure: Length: 1.2m (120cm) Width...

I was wondering how often you are suppose to feed a Mertens Water Monitor (both juvenile and adult). I have heard of a Mertens not eating for 5 weeks. Is this normal? I dont really know much about monitors so any answers would be appreciated.

So I am just teasing myself with animals that I would love to own one day but probably never will.. I have two ackies and find them absolutely amazing, and am very keen on other monitors. They are just so interesting! The list of ones I'd like is as long as my arm, but I just was thinking about...

im moving my long-finned eel into a different tank and this leaves me with a beautiful 6ft long x 2ft high x 1.5ft wide aquarium. any suggestions for what to keep in it? im after a lizard or monitor more then likely. cheers, ben.

Hi guys, I would appreciate some help with the purchase of some monitors. I have an aviary with water dragons, beardies, shinglebacks, blue tongues and turtles all living happily together and I would like to get into some monitors. Is there any monitors that I can house with my other reptiles or...

Hey all, Im very intrested in these animals they are awesome. Thinking about getting a couple pref male and female, if anyone can help me with some info on these awesome creatures that would be good.. They will be inside i live in melb so conditons can be poor at times. What breed would be...

Hi all Here's a couple of pics of Oliver, a Mertens water monitor that we adopted from a mate that had to move interstate. He came from a pretty bad environment, the kids that lived with him used to tap on his glass and basically annoy the poor lizard to the point where now he's a complete...

Hi guys and gals, I am having trouble making up my mind as to which type of water monitor to get? I am choosing between: merten's water monitor (varanus mertensi) mitchell's water monitor (varanus mitchelli) mangrove monitor (varanus indicus) now at the moment i have a 6ft long...

i was wondering does anyone paint there enclosures [mdf ] with primer or a type of sealer before they paint it ? as i've just bought some wattyl wash & wear paint for a mdf enclosure to house a juv. mertens water monitor in & i was just curious what other people do before & after they paint or...

I dunno if this has been posted before but i am bored and want to see some reptiles what people have. Everytype. Keep em coming.:D

Scientific Name Common Name mertens Age 10 months Sex ?? Length 350mm Quantity Available Bred By roy pails General Description view other post below :).. having to sell so bad im goign away for work and have no one to care for him... must sell or not sure what im gonna do...

I've just returned from a trip to the Gulf of Carpentaria, north of Mount Isa. I think the highlights were the olive pythons (we found two) and Cryptoblepharus zoticus (Cryptoblepharus is my favourite skink genus), plus the bats. Species marked with an asterisk (*) are ones which I hadn't...

Scientific Name Common Name mertens water monitor Age 10 months old Sex unknown Length roughly 350mm haven't measured yet Quantity Available 1 Bred By roy pails General Description 10 month old beautiful looking animal. eating great on woodies, chicken mince and pinkie rats and...

Scientific Name Common Name Mertens Water Monitor Age close to 2 years Sex unkown Length around 2ft Quantity Available 1 Bred By General Description Location Sunbury Willing to Freight? no Contact Details pm Sell or swap for dragons or small monitors. Selling due to...

i have decide weather to get a 1 yr old spencer or a hatchie mertens water monitor. at the moment im leaning more towards the mertens cause i was going to do a wicked enclosure set up with a 50lt pond in the enclosure filtered water etc. im after the pro and con of either animals. whats more...

EOI mertens water monitor bred by rick walker, wont freight.

I'm a big monitor guy, i have a water monitor right now. But i had, and cared for many monitors before. I'm just wondering how many people here have monitors, and breed em? Andrzej

Hey, I was wondering if it was okay to feed SEA snails to blue tongues? I wasn't sure if the chemicals involved would affect them, or if it could, how long would the snails need to be kept in separate tank without any chemicals before it was safe to feed them? Thanks, ~ notechistiger.

im seriously considering getting a monitor im after a monitor with the most intelligence and reasonable size but not over the top if anyone would give opinions on slightly tamable and rather intelligent types of monitors that would be awesome im looking at the lacey at the moment but size and...

Just wondering what the requirements were to keeping and breed water monitors. Anyone got any pics of set ups or any stories to share or even some links to care sheets would be appreciated. Cheers Mark

I have available four Saltuarius wyberba juveniles, bred by Danny Brown. Unsexable, lovely looking species, rare in captivity. Would prefer to sell the four together but will consider separating into unsexed pairs. $350 each. Will freight or pick up from Brisbane. Also consider swap...