Good Monitor Lizard to own?

[Minkness]

I don't know that you'd be up for a monitor or tegu. Even a small monitor requires alot of space as they are pretty active, and tegus get bigger than you think. Either one would be looking about a 5 or 6 foot long adult enclosure, minimum of 2 feed deep. Bot sure about tegus and height, but achies will beed a 3 foot tall enclosure. 1 foot should be deep digging substrate (a mix if ecoearth, sand, mulch, ect) and the 2 feet of climbing space.

They bay get a little larger than a beardie, but they will be 10 times more active.

Another large lizard that doesn't require so much space though would be a blue tongue skink.