Monitors.
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Explore the animals first. Then discover the care, behavior and habitats behind each one.
19 species profiles in this collection
START WITH THE GROUP GUIDE.
Ackie Monitor
A small, sun loving rock monitor from Australia that digs constantly and hunts with real intelligence.
Argus Monitor
A fast, food driven Australian goanna that needs room sized housing and an experienced keeper.
Asian Water Monitor
A giant, water loving monitor lizard built for rivers, swamps and serious keepers.
Black Throated Monitor
A giant, food driven East African monitor built for keepers who already have room and experience.
Black Tree Monitor
A jet black, tree climbing monitor lizard from Indonesia, for experienced keepers only.
Blue Tree Monitor
A rare, cobalt blue arboreal monitor from one Indonesian island, demanding but spectacular in captivity.
Crocodile Monitor
New Guinea's longest lizard, an arboreal predator built for a rainforest canopy, not a beginner's terrarium.
Dumeril's Monitor
A jet black, banana headed monitor from Southeast Asian mangroves that hunts crabs for a living.
Emerald Tree Monitor
A slender, entirely green monitor lizard that never leaves the trees of New Guinea's rainforest canopy.
Kimberley Rock Monitor
A cliff climbing Australian monitor built for vertical rock, not open ground.
Lace Monitor
Australia's second largest monitor lizard, a tree climbing goanna almost never seen outside its native range.
Mangrove Monitor
A sleek, water loving monitor lizard built for climbing, digging, and swimming after fish.
Mertens Water Monitor
A semi aquatic Australian monitor built for rivers and billabongs, hit hard in the wild by cane toads and rare in captivity outside dedicated specialists.
Nile Monitor
One of Africa's largest lizards, built for water, and rarely a good fit for a first time keeper.
Peach Throat Monitor
A New Guinea monitor with a peach blushed throat, bold and food driven once it settles in.
Quince Monitor
A bright yellow, semi aquatic monitor lizard from a handful of small Indonesian islands, needing a tall humid enclosure and real swimming space.
Savannah Monitor
A stocky, ground digging African monitor built for crushing snails, not climbing trees.
Spiny Tailed Monitor
A pint sized, rock loving Australian monitor with a spiny armored tail and a busy, curious personality.
Timor Monitor
A shy, tree climbing dwarf monitor with a slender body and a tail longer than the rest of it.
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