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SHvar
at Wed Jul 16 10:31:12 2008 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by SHvar ]
I havent seen the article, but to let you know that the blackthroated monitor is just a different subspecies of the whitethroated monitor (ie the same species, like a dog and a gray wolf). Therefore both are whitethroated monitors (varanus albigularis).
That aspect of the article would be true, but as I said I havent read or seen the article, most of these are written by someone who can write a good article, but doesnt know much about them (ie authors, not keepers or those who study them).
Usually the blackthroat is much much more common in the petrade here in the US, therefore it is more commonly kept. Exporting specifically whitethroats is much more difficult depending on the country they come from.
Years ago I used to buy that magazine, a big part of the articles are pretty bad in all honesty when it comes to captive husbandry on most species.
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RE: new Albig article - SHvar, Wed Jul 16 10:31:12 2008