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If you want to see some screwwed up stuff that people are giving out as info, scheck this out.
http://www.sandsexoticanimals.com/care/smc/sm1.html

Scott
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Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

It's located on top of the head

Last time most of my post was missing. I just realized it.

Anyways the parietal eye is a small transparent scale. It is located on top of the head and acts as a photosensory organ. These are said to be involved with activating hormones used with thermoregulation as well as reproduction. It does not visualy see images, instead it senses changes in light.

It is also called the pineal eye and third eye. You can look at most any reptile and find it easily.

I really dont know why they call it an eye, because its underther skin. You have to cut into the monitor to see it (i never did it to examine it)but i dont think it resembles an actual eye. The monitor doesnt really need it because some monitors had the eye destroyed by getting hurt and doesnt see to effect them. I think all monitors have the eye, but monitors arent studied well and those who study them are mostly enthusiasts rather then skilled biologists etc.

If you watch monitors under a heat source you can sometimes notice they use their top part of the head trying to sence somthing, like moving it as if they are looking or trying to look at somthing from their top part of their head. Many monitors when under the light will position their head under the hottest part, i believe this is a monitor using the sensor more then others. Many people think that the monitor regulates the heat internally through the blood or internal primative sensors rather then the eye, who really knows because when i ask my monitor how he regulates temepture, he never answers

...where they said you could keep a fully grown sav in a 75 gallon aquarium. Our sav is in the equivalent of a 55 right now (she's maybe a year old) and it's getting too small and we need to find her a new cage. Very interesting...

~Katie
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2.3 Cornsnakes (Slink, Shadow, Suzie, Snickers, Selena)
0.1 Columbian Red Tail Boa (Baby)
0.3 Leopard Geckos (Cutie, Lily, and Miss Piggy)
0.1 Savannah Monitor (Sam)
0.2 Pac Man Frogs (Gordito and Spud)
0.1 Suriname Toad (Squishy & the Squishettes)
0.0.2 Giant Millipede (Mega & Mila)
0.0.1 Green Iguana (Iggy)
0.0.1 Red Eared Slider (Tiny)
lots of snails and fish...

I agree, it's pretty obvious they dont have any adult specimens.