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I have a neon orange bottom and side, with greenish yellow legs savanna (I think female). She's closing in on 3 years old and not very big at all (almost 2 feet). How much money does anyone think that would go for? I'm going to the Dixie reptile show this coming up weekend and I was just wondering. Thanks for your time.

Unless it fits exactally what someone wants, then you may get more.

At 3 years and only 2', I would think he is being kept in less than favorable conditions.

Post some pics so we can see better what you are talking about. Without pics, everything is just a guess.

Pictures are worth much more than a description- I am learning this also... Best to you - Mike

He might be only 2 feet at 2 and 1/2 years old, but he/she has always been fed and always heated up, and fat. Never one problem with this lizard. I've had him since he just came out of the egg. I know savannas, and they are kind of ugly, but not this one, I've never seen one like him. (In the picture he is the smaller one, which by the way the larger one is a lot younger than the smaller one.)

Nice colors on him .. but i have seen it a few times ... i have a feeling this fades with time .. has he gotten brighter or darker with age ? He looks to be in good health ...

Dont let these guys make you think your doing a poor job with your Sav... Genetics playa a major role in size as well as feeding ... He is a great looking Sav though ... If I were you , I would try to locate another one liek it , then breed them and see if its a genetic trait ..

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thanks tom, yeah believe it or not he had that ugly rusty-like tint when he was a hatchling, and just as dark as the other one in the picture.....he/she honestly is about twice as a colorful than he/she was say, about a year and a half ago.

But the species has an average adult size of around 3ft. They can stay smaller and brighter like younger animals with husbandry less condusive to growth, this is why in the wild they take so long to become sexually mature.
Of course anyone who does not understand how a monitor grows normally or matures with whats available probably will not see reproduction.
The pictures look like any old bosc you can buy thousands of from wholesalers at about $1-$2 each. They vary by where they originate, darker animals from cooler or higher altitude areas.
Bright orange, red, brown, gray, black, bluish, and many other colors are completely normal.
Ive had more than a few "dwarf" sized and "small genetics" monitors of a few species over the years that mysteriously grew to double their size in a few months in my care but never grew to adult size or close to it in their former owners care, why is that??

Cause they were scared [bleep]less of your Blackthroat and wanted to stay small and hide.

They grew huge amounts after I obtained them from their former owners, some with Sobek in the same room.
I had a banded WT that given to me at over 9 years old, he was almost 3ft long, at 6 years old he was 18 inches in his 1st, 2nd, and 3rd owners care, thats sad. In the first few months I had him (3 months) he grew to over 4ft long. I have had BTs that grew from 24 inches to 5ft in a few months or so time in my care. These were long before Sobek was even born.
Im sure though if they had to look at Sobek all day or see here up close they would have died from stress or stayed small, but they had cages apart from her looking at walls, or book shelves.