It isn't like a car dealership where you can walk in and say "I'll take one of those and two of those". Heck it isn't even like the snake world, where you can basically do that as well.



Those are all wild caught imported animals. No one is breeding them. Timors very rarely.



The Mangrove is the cheap wild caught version of the Peachthroat. Not as pretty, more flighty, but a lot cheaper. And crappier. And still won't like any kind of handling.



The Timor, as they say, is like keeping an empty cage. They aren't interested in you, or any handling. Like an Ackie, but less friendly, and invisible. And wild caught/imported.



The Blue Tail is an extra large Peachie that is not as colorful and still doesn't want to be touched or handled. Also imported.



Of course, you could call a dozen different dealers and ask them for captive bred Timors or Mangroves or whatever, and they will say "Yeah, I have a couple of those, just brought them in, err, I just got them from the breeder yesterday. 38 bucks plus shipping, how many you want?"



I am not sure why folks get the impression that Ackies are "common" or "not exciting". Your choices on high quality monitor lizards are INCREDIBLY limited. We are LUCKY that Ackies are not only captive bred, but AWESOME lizards. Lucked out on that one.



But common and unexciting? If you took 1% of all of the captive bred Ball pythons from this year, that would still be a thousand times greater than the number of Ackies bred this year.



Ackies would make a far superior captive lizard choice to Savs, Mangroves, Blue Tails, Timors, any of those.



Best of luck in your choice.
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