I don't think anyone can really offer a good comparison of any two different types on monitors as far as how tolerant one will be. It can be safely said that Ackies are alot more tolerant then Niles, but it still isn't always true. I went to a local reptile show about two years ago where this guy had a Juvenile Nile that was extremely tolerant. I was holding it and it didn't even flinch.



I own two ackies one of which fits into the stereotype of many other ackies as being very tolerant, yet the other ackie actually bit me when i moved them into a new cage... weird how before this happened i had read that yellow ackies almost never bite. Monitors are very unique, each one has its own personality.



If you have researched both rough necks and mangroves and are primarily focused on dispostion rather then what type of monitor you get i'd say keep fishin around... i whish i had done so with my water monitor, shes a real brat but i love her... and if you refuse to buy animals that aren't c.b. i'd say give up now and get a bearded dragon or something. The only two ways I will believe a monitor is captive bred is if its from one of the very top, most respected breeders who will probobly ask 2-3 times the amount their average worth at a local reptile show, or if the species of monitor is only native to australia.
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2.3 Bearded Dragons

1.0 Pastel Ball Pythons (NERD Line)

0.0.1 Water Monitors

1.1 Pastel Red Tailed boa Het. for Albino

1.1 Yellow Ackie Monitors

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