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I have the chance to get a captive raised green tree monitor yearling. I am wondering if you can put both my yellow and green together in the same cage or will they get stressed out. They are both around the same age.

Yes, they will stress out, and the V. prasinus will most likely die as a result of it. Silly questions such as these clearly show that you are not prepared for such a difficult varanid species (perhaps the most difficult varanid to keep) as V. prasinus.

And to clear up some confusion that you still seem to have, Varanus melinus is NOT a tree monitor, it is a type of mangrove monitor, belonging to the V. indicus complex. This confusion arises from the erroneous common name given to this species, "the Yellow Tree Monitor".

Perhaps this article may clear up some of your confusion:
The "Yellow Tree Monitor" Conundrum

That is very informative without bashing the Quince Monitor, I am glad someone placed that on the web.

Yes, I would say a very bad choice placing those two together at any time. The Quince Monitor or "Yellow Tree Monitor" does climb and make use of trees, so I can see the mistaken label by the exporters. The Croc monitor easily could have ben labeled Giant Tree Monitor and it would have been a better name.
Shane

Why would I or anybody "bash" on V. melinus?

V. salvadorii is named "crocodile monitor" because of the vernacular term given to this species by indigenous people, which translates to "tree crocodile". For one reason or another, the "tree" part was dropped, but the etymology still remains.
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Treemonitors.com

That is a loaded question lol , I am sure you know why and have seen this...no need for me to get everyone worked up again.

As for your information on the Croc Monitor, thank you.