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I was curious if you could give me some references to look at concerning them.

Anyone know of any specific care sheets, like what individuals are doing for captive success? I'm just curious if I can dig up more info than I've already found. Thanks for your help.

Oscar

Hi Oscar,

I am not entirely familiar with V.t.o.'s, but I do have informations on them. Have you looked at Daniel Bennett's book? Matt Vincent's book? Ok, here is what I have on them:

Butler, M.D. 1998. Freckled Monitor Case. Dragon News 2(1):7-8.

Bennett, D. 1993. A note on newly hatched Varanus tristis tristis in Great Victoria Desert. Brit. Herp. Soc. Bull. 44:35-37.

Eidenmuller, B. 1989. Beobachtungen bei der haltung und nachzucht von Varanus tristis orientalis. Salamandra 25:265-271.

Houston, T.F. 1973. Reptiles of South Asutralia. South Australian Yearbook. 11p.

Korner, M. 1999. Die erfolgreiche nachzucht des Australianischen trauerwarans. Monitor (DGHT) 8(2):5-11.

Murphy, J. 1972. Notes on Indo-Australian varanids in captivity.
Int'l. Zoo Yearbook 12:199-202.

O'Dell, J. 1992. Successful captive propagation of the freckled monitor. VaraNews 3(2):4-6 [see also Reptiles 1996, 4(7):32-34, 36, 37-38.

Trevor, C. 1981. Varanus tristis - a variable monitor. Herpetofauna 12(2):7-12.

Zwininberg, A.J. 1971. Australische reptilien VI. Lacerta 29(12):119-127.

cheers Oscar,
mbayless

Hey oscar,

I am slowly trying to put a little website together about my captive husbandry practices, any breeding/behavior observations, etc, as well as some other cool stuff. I finished the section for my tristis, although as my experience increases, I will constantly be updating it, but hopefully it will give you another perspective you can take into consideration. Take care, hope it helps a little..

bob

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