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I am posting these for Maureen. She sent me these to give us all an idea of how big my little hybrid might get. Wow! These are great looking lizards with their very cool keeper!

All three of the models are beautiful. I have one calico hybrid and two pure hispidus and I would love for them to get that big. Seeing the photos makes me want to buy a few more.

Do you mind if I make a copy of your photos? That is the best size comparison that I have seen.

Of course you can copy these pictures! Nice of you to ask. I have been curious why more people don't post pictures of their Hispidus. Now Nick and Austin's Varius is a very cool looking character! Maureen

Nice pitures, Maureen!
Very good comparison. That is a nice redback.
We don't have any good recent pics of our big S. varius, he has grown quite a bit since we took this pic. He is around 23 inches or so. How long is your hispidus?
We will try to get some more recent pics soon.

Nick & Austin

Wow, Nick! He is a total charmer!!LOL And he is bigger now??? What are you feeding him? He appears to be totally relaxed. Is he friendly? Do the Varius have different food/heat requirements than the Aters? I have always coveted one of those. I will measure "Big Jack" and get back to you on his size. Besides the obvious femerol pores, is there any other sexual dimorphism between female and male Varius?

Hi Maureen,
Our "Mongo" is getting a better attitude as he gets bigger, luckily! He is not friendly, but at least tollerates occasional handling now. He used to be our worst chuck to have to deal with, but now he is being shown up by a little male redback! We also have an adult female hispidus/varius cross, who is almost as big. Our female varius has grown much more slowly, and is only about the size of a big ater female.

Our pair of varius don't seem to show very strong dimorphism. Our 2 are the only ones we have seen in person, so we don't know how obvious the sexual dimorphism is in varius. Maybe Tom could tell us more about that.

We feed and care for our varius the same as our ater. They are definitely a cool species, I like their pattern. We would like more of them, as well as some hispidus, but we don't have the space to work with so many giants.

Your big guy looks quite tame. I hear hispidus are normally much calmer than varius.

Take Care.
Nick & Austin

My little hybrid varius/hispidus female is cranky like you describe your Varius! She will sometimes tolerate handling, but usually hates it!I really hope she chills out as she grows, and she is really growing! I will have to get new pics of her, too, but it seems like she is ALWAYS shedding these days!

GORGEOUS what looker !
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PHEve / Eve

He is beautiful!

Oh thats Maureen , hehehehehe, great pic of YOU, and the chucks, that boy is a BIGGY, awesome comparison.

Looks like a chuck PUPPY , LOL
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PHEve / Eve