Hi, i currently have a 5 year old male bosc and a 2 year old asian water. Thinkin of expanding and am very much interested in the Lace monitors and Argus Monitors, Would like to know how possible is it to purchase a captive bred specimen obviously hatchling or very young? Thanks.

Never seen a Lace monitor for sale (although I have heard that there are some in Europe), Argus monitors are offered occasionally, just keep scanning the classifieds www.reptileclassifieds.co.uk

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Thanks, Is it it hard to find a captive bred argus or are they mainly CF/WC?!

Don't know how it is in the UK, but on shows on the mainland most of them are WC or FB. But in Germany there are some breeders with CB.

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A lot of Argus are now CB as Australia (where they come from) do not export animals. As for the laces, i think ive seen one ages ago and that went for around £3,000.

-Daryl

Argus as usually seen in the trade over there do not come from Australia - they're the New Guinea subspecies Varanus panoptes horni

as crocdoc said they are horni and loads of ppl now breeding these in the uk expect to pay around £200 for one

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I currently breed these and am awaiting a couple of clutches hatching at the moment


female just laying

awww, superb pic monitormad - all the best for a successful hatch and many happy healthy babies

Thankyou