What Do you Think?

[KyleVon]

So this is my boy Brundon. He is a very nice calm Varanus albigularis. Ive read (Monitor lizards: natural history, biology & husbandry) and do know that there are 3 subspecies of albigularis. I also do understand that they do interbreed. When i first picked him up his throat was white but as time went on it changed to a black (I do use UVB btw which brightens his color). I do have a white throat and in comparison he does look very different in terms of pattern and color. But he also does not have the pattern or color of a black throat. Sooooo anyways my thoughts one of his parents was a white throat and one was a black throat and they made sweeeeet sweeeeeet monitor love to make my boy Brundon. Here are some pics of him. What do you think? P.S: i know he has a little bit of a belly i feed him mostly ground turkey and eggs but im gonna switch him to roaches to c if that helps him slim down.

 

[Toby_H]

I'm no expert with Monitors thus I have no opinion on what subspecies or subspecies mix he is...

From what I've seen, yours doesn't look obese at all...

How well does yours do on the leash? I have an adult Tegu that is just a huge sweety. Very docile, very handlable, free roams outdoors with ease... I have put him on a leash a few times. He seems to ignore it for the most part but whenever I tug on the leash at all he pulls the other way. It makes sense that he resists such 'guidance'. I've learned to work this against him though. If I want him to walk left, I tug right and he goes left...

 

[KyleVon]

Ha ya the only time i use the leash is if im outside and there are places i don't want him to wedge himself into. His ribcage is veryyyy flexible. Other then that i usually let him free roam like u let urs do.

 

[RMKrugel]

Yes, there are some subspecies to V albigularis. These photos are of my (now deceased) male V albigularis albigularis. At the time of these photos he was more than 8 years old. Pretty mellow, but had a mean streak at times. Just a temperamental grumpy old man. But he was awesome!

He seems to have a whiter throat than your guy. I am by no means an expert, but there are other factors regarding coloration. There is often a great variation within a species because of regional distribution. Albigularis maybe not as much becuase of the smaller geagraphic area, (smaller area of course being relative when compared to other monitor species).

 

[KyleVon]

Ya RMKrugel ur white throat looks very similar to my other monitor. And I agree with you, they differ a lot even within subspecies I do notice the scales are a lot rougher and more pronounced on Brundon(the pics I posted) than my white throat. Idk if that makes a diff in anyone determining what he is =/.

 

[TailsWithScales]

He looks like a normal black throat to me. Just a locality is all. I've seen several WT /BT crosses and he has none of the markers presented in those mixes.
I have however seen those come from a 'quiet' place in Africa. Quiet meaning the importer keeps the location a secret.

 

[Metalserpent]

I think that is a great looking monitor.

 

[KyleVon]

Thank you Metalserpent! i try to keep him on a healthy diet and soak him whenever i can.

 

[SwampDonkey]

Feel free to laugh at me, but it looks like a sav/ WT cross...if such a thing is possible. Take a gander at the first picture.

 

[John Adragna]

V. albigularis microstictus.