And using the ground. You say other treemonitor keepers say they do not use the ground. Here I really disagree. I find it a lot like keepers and ackies. A whole lot of keepers say ackies do not dig. And in their cases its true. But that does not make ackies non diggers(burrowers).

The same goes for prasinus. In both cases, if you do not give them what they recognize, they do not dig. For me, Prasinus dug like crazy. They make tunnels and chambers and rooms. The problem was, getting the right material for them to dig in. Remember, this is the same for many monitor species, including ackies.

Of course those other keepers will take this crazy and say something like, "so your saying they don't climb" This is unfortunately a very naive attitude many have.

Of course they are climbers, Of course they use small trees(mangroves) But what makes people think their lives are restricted to ONLY that?

Once you see them dig and tunnel, hmmmmmm, they actually tunnel, they do not dig like many other monitors. They tunnel like an earthworm. Once you see this, you will get a greater view of what prasinus is. To tunnel, does not take away from climbing, it adds to it.

The problem many people have is, they must think monitors are like anoles or chams. Those types of lizards, spend the vast majority of their lives in foliage. So their color does indeed reflect that. Monitors of all types do not, they spend the majority of their lifes inside something, thats kinda why people think they are rare. So I ask, inside what?

Once I was hit with a epiphany whilest running around in the bush(hot sun beating on my head) I was wondering why so many species of stinking burrowing monitors are in one place. You know, all those dinky monitors in parts of oz. They all food on about the same things, they all live in about the same types of foliage. Then it came to me, there are lots and lots of different soil types for them to adapt too.

Now I wonder, I can easily see greentrees being in green foliage(ok, no really see) But what the heck is a black monitor doing in green foliage? or a blue one? Or a brown/olive one? see, I wonder things too. Cheers

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