tree monitors

[treevaranus]

What about Sprackland's book???hahahahahahahahahaha....

[mbayless]

Ho Bob,
Although Robert Sprackland has written some 'interesting' materials on tree varanids, in his articles - not books, his books are a good source of photos....and I think he has a few more books in prep on monitors, and always look forward to reading them in any event.

Although his take on varanids is not appreciated by some (pianka, FaRt, and others), it does contribute to the wealth of knowledge we have on Varanidae; remember all books by the time they are published are usually already antiquated for their content, which usually leave the photos to be desired to review.

cheers,
markb

[Kimo]

looking over just few Internet sources for this species, i am curious if you could tackle the Dehydration problems that seem to be frequent among this species, the same as say..Corallus Caninus (Emerald Tree Boas) aside from the Temperature difference, i found alot of the same husbandry is required ie. High Humidity...any thoughts? I'm eager to learn about this paticular species aswell.

Josh

[mbayless]

Hi Josh,
In my opininon, emerald tree snakes and tree monitors live in the same habitats, environment, islands, so their overall general husbandry would/could be the same, and as their is a good deal more info on the snakes than the tree monitors, although if you know where to look, and how to look, you can find a good deal of general info on them, see Harry Greene papers for starters, and the general lay-person sporackland articles in Tropical Fish Hobbyisy magazines and alike...
Your on the right track!
markb