"Not just exanthematicus in one species. AS for the whole pet trade thing, I hate it with a passion. I wish I could change that drastically, so as to preserve and separate the lives of as many wild and captive monitors as possible, but it's me against money"

There is a book out that is titled "Taxonomy, Life History and Conservation of Giant Reptiles in West Kalimantan" by Mark Andre Auliya.
Its is basically a research paper he did on Water Monitors, Retics, and Blood Pythons, what they eat where they live and commercial trade in them.
A lot of interesting info to study there.
Among the things that shocked me were his stats on how many of each species are exported for the pet trade compared to how many are exported as skins to be made into boots and wallets. The pet trade is a drop in the bucket.

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