Varanid taxonomy doesn't exist to "serve the needs of keepers", any more than those of us who study monitor ecology or behavior do so with an eye on utility to the pet trade. Nonetheless, there are crossover benefits, and they can go both ways. It is interesting that in Europe many of the most accomplished monitor breeders publish their observations themselves, or, very often will be found joining forces with the 'science crowd' to publish papers that benefit from such collaboration.

We don't see much of this in the U.S. -- instead, biologists who have some interest in crossover benefits cop a load of rubbish from the ignoranus types. It's pretty funny, actually, to see Wolfgang Boehme slandered by a guy who couldn't wash Boehme's socks with his tongue.

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