There is a large misconception in the world of reptiles and in monitors in particular that a baby born in captivity from a wild caught parent is a captive born. This however is the misconception they are still "wild caught". This is where the line gets fuzzy and it always sounds better to say captive born over farm raised.

Not to say that a wild caught specimen raised and breed in captivity can only produced "wild caught" babies, they would be Captive born. What I am talking about is the fertile parent caught in the wild and lays eggs in captivity or at the farm. I believe that is were a large portion of young monitors come from, along with a bunch of wild caught hatchlings.

My 2 cents, take it as such.
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Jeremy

"I am become death, the destroyer of worlds" July 16, 1945 Robert Oppenheimer

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