yes ben me too! i think its even got its own thread... personally ara, whilst i want a tortoise i understand why i can't have one. i am opposed to the legalisation of exotic reptiles, and UTTERLY opposed to the legalisation of exotic snakes such as those you mentioned. its worth remembering that both constrictor boas and burmese pythons are an absolute menace in some places like the southern US. imagine how bad these snakes could effect our environment? and believe me, eventually, licenses or not - some ******** will release them...
Boof some of the small monitors are very easy to keep and quite interesting, species such as the pygmy mulga monitor are very hardly
I didn't know that Mark. i assumed that they wouldn't be an easy species to keep. Are they popular as pets, or they something for the more advanced herp keeper. I was in a herp keepers group down in wollongong and only a few of them where keeping monitors.
Sorry to go off topic again (s=probably shoudl lead my example) but maybe if someone in qld/northern nsw catches these we can have an exotic reptile, i wonder what the government eould hink of keeping them http://www.qm.qld.gov.au/inquiry/factsheets/Geckos_20070605.pdf
Monitors are not really difficult to keep with many species being kept by Herp keepers in Oz, Some species do grow very large but there are a number of smaller species that are quite suitable for most homes, some of the pygmy species are Tiny, most of them love a really hot basking spot, when raised from babies they can become VERY tame and can be handled really well.