I am looking for any information on these monitors, esp. breeding/incubation info.
Thanks in advance.
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varanus melinus husbandry/reproduction ?
melonhead
Jul 16, 2004 05:01 PM
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mequinn
Jul 16, 2004 06:04 PM
Hi Melonhead - same name they give to Pilot Whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus)....
Now for V. melinus, yes there is reading material on this species re: captive husbandry and another on breeding successfully in captivity. A marvelous semi-aquatic species...
and I have all of the following in my files as well:
Bayless, M.K. and J.A. Adragna. 1999. The Banggai Island
Monitor: notes on distribution, ecology, and diet in Varanus melinus. Vivarium Mag., June/July, 10(4):38-40.
Dedlmer, A. and W. Bohme. 2000. Erster Nachzuchterfolg beim Quittenwaran Varanus melinus. Herpetofauna 22(127):29-34.
DeLisle, H.F. 1998. Monitors and Wallace's Line. Reptile & Amphibian Mag. 55:65-69.
Lemm, J. 1998. Year of the Monitor: a look at some recently discovered Varanids. Reptiles, Sept., 6(9):70-72,74-81.
Since I wrote my Vivarium article on V. melinus, I procurred 1.1 V. melinus, which sadly arrived to my home DOA, so I prepared one of the skulls (male) to compare/contrast it with other V. indicus-like skulls - and side by side, you cannot tell them apart, and they are fish eaters for the most part; one should be wary that fish helminths (= worms) can be a source of infection in reptiles (Sandosham, 1957).
Good Luck, a marvelous but secretive species...
mbayless
