Thanks. That's what I was trying to describe. When you look at skull profiles, the croc monitor has more concave jaw bones than the other big guys.
How big is this one? The 7-8 footer we had was given to us and had some health issues. The tip of the tail was necrotic and had to have about a foot removed, so he would have been longer. The "experienced" keeper was handling the animal so the vets could get a look. After it chomped the middle of his forearm, it was loose in that area (around 2500 square feet of tubs, troughs, and 8 foot cages) Believe it or not, it took awhile to find him!

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• baby croc. monitor - dragonslair, Thu Apr 19 23:17:25 2007
• RE: baby croc. monitor - holygouda, Fri Apr 20 00:36:32 2007
• RE: baby croc. monitor - dragonslair, Mon Apr 23 01:47:27 2007
• RE: baby croc. monitor - lizardheadmike, Fri Apr 20 15:40:56 2007
• RE: baby croc. monitor - nerkhunts, Fri Apr 20 17:17:05 2007
• RE: baby croc. monitor - ahamp, Fri Apr 20 18:03:43 2007
• Do all Monitors have this type of bite - rottenweiler9, Fri Apr 20 19:01:09 2007
• RE: Do all Monitors have this type of bite - ahamp, Fri Apr 20 19:13:46 2007
• The teeth you want no part of - MikeT, Sat Apr 21 07:11:04 2007
• RE: The teeth you want no part of - ahamp, Sat Apr 21 07:46:48 2007
• RE: Do all Monitors have this type of bite - lizardheadmike, Fri Apr 20 19:41:01 2007
• RE: Do all Monitors have this type of bite - rottenweiler9, Sat Apr 21 12:08:32 2007
• RE: Do all Monitors have this type of bite - lizardheadmike, Sat Apr 21 13:41:00 2007
• RE: baby croc. monitor - dragonslair, Mon Apr 23 02:00:45 2007