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12-09-04, 06:40 AM
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Join Date: Mar-2004
Location: toronto
Age: 40
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Anyone keep niles?
Anyone have any pictures? I'd like to see some full grown ones  heres mine.. hes about 8 or 9 inches long.. does not bite , hiss, or whip me with his tail.. Butt, he likes to bolt as soon as i get him out of his cage..
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12-17-04, 08:13 PM
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Join Date: Dec-2004
Age: 52
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How many rows of yellow spots does your monitor have down his back, just between where his front and back legs connect to his body (between his shoulders and his hips)?
What color is his tongue?
To me it looks like your "Nile" is an Ornate Monitor (Varanus ornatus), not a Nile (Varanus niloticus).
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12-17-04, 08:38 PM
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Join Date: Aug-2004
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Looks like an Ornate to me... I don't own them but I have researched them intensively. 
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12-20-04, 11:14 AM
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Join Date: Aug-2004
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BTW, who sold it to you as a Nile?
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12-20-04, 11:41 AM
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Join Date: Apr-2004
Location: Timmins On
Age: 48
Posts: 150
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Ive keeping nile and water monitors for a while now ill see about putting up some pics for you. As far as V.niloticus or v.niloticus ornatus, i think its is a v.niloticus but i could be wrong. Ornatus tend to have 5 bands of spots on there back with a pinkish tougnes they also seem to keep more of their yellow, where as the niloticus will have 7-8 bands of spots and a blueish-black tounge. An easy way to tell is look at his tougne.....lucas
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0.1 frilled dragon,1.0 reg burm, 1.1 alb burm, 0.1 rock, 1.1 bci, 1.1 ball, 0.1 green vine snake, 0.1.2 sav, 0.0.1 salvator, 0.0.1 nile, 1.0 dumerils, 3.1 green iggy,1.2 cuban......etc.
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12-20-04, 03:30 PM
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Join Date: Aug-2004
Location: United States
Age: 35
Posts: 876
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I keep Niles, mine is a little larger. Arent they great? I wish mine was as nice as you described yours, mine bites and bolts constantly :P
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12-23-04, 02:43 PM
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Join Date: Jan-2003
Location: Northern Ontario
Posts: 296
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Here is our Nile monitor.
He is great he likes to smack you with his tail and loves to bite every chance he gets.. haha
We believe it give him character. 
Nile monitors are one of our favorites.
Scotty & Les
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Last edited by BellyDraggers; 12-27-04 at 12:58 PM..
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12-26-04, 12:47 AM
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Join Date: Aug-2004
Location: United States
Age: 35
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Awesome Niles!
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12-27-04, 10:12 AM
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Join Date: Feb-2004
Location: Florida , U.S.A
Posts: 60
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Looks like a tanzanian nile monitor from my experience.
If I get a chance I will post some pictures of some examples of different types for you.
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01-02-05, 03:35 AM
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Join Date: Mar-2004
Location: toronto
Age: 40
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i bought him at a petshop in toronto as anile heh.. he has about 7 rows of yellow spots and a pink tongue if that helps.. and about 7 bands of yellow on his tail.
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0.1 pink zebra beauty, 0.1 painted turtle, 1.1 burms(norm and albino),0.1 bci and a 1.0 coastal carpet python...
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01-04-05, 12:54 PM
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Join Date: Dec-2003
Location: Portugal
Age: 50
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7 rows is proper of a nile.
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01-09-05, 09:43 PM
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Join Date: Apr-2004
Location: Timmins On
Age: 48
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If hes got a pink tounge id say its an ornate nile monitor. You cant really tell just by the spots as some will have more or less then others.
Bellydraggers .........Thats an aqsome nile you got there.....how big and old is he/she?
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0.1 frilled dragon,1.0 reg burm, 1.1 alb burm, 0.1 rock, 1.1 bci, 1.1 ball, 0.1 green vine snake, 0.1.2 sav, 0.0.1 salvator, 0.0.1 nile, 1.0 dumerils, 3.1 green iggy,1.2 cuban......etc.
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01-09-05, 09:59 PM
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Join Date: Feb-2004
Location: Florida , U.S.A
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I would not go by the tongue coloration as the determiner.
It is better to go by the overall appearance. They look very different. I will post pictures as examples tomorrow.
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01-10-05, 03:21 PM
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Join Date: Jan-2003
Location: Northern Ontario
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timminsreptiles - Our Nile is just a little under four feet now..and still growing rapidly. As for age i am not totally sure on the age i have had him a few months now.
Scotty & Les
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01-12-05, 07:54 PM
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Join Date: Feb-2004
Location: Florida , U.S.A
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