Species

Short-tailed Pygmy Monitor

Varanus brevicauda
Category: Category 4
Care Sheets:

Genus: Varanus
Small to extremely large lizards with long heads and necks, narrow snouts, well-developed limbs with 5 strongly clawed digits, deeply forked tongues and thick, loose-fitting skin with tough granular scales. there are no spines on the body, through some spp. have spiny tails. Widespread over most of mainland Australia, but absent from Tas. The majority occur in the northern and arid regions, with some localities supporting up to 10 different spp. In temperate southern areas, numbers drop to 1 or 2.

Varanus brevicauda
Tail thick, strongly keeled, shorter than head and body, and round in cross-section. Reddish brown to yellow-brown, obscurely marked with numerous scattered dark and light flecks. Sandy spinifex deserts. Extremely secretive, foraging close to edges of spinifex hummocks and sheltering in burrows at their bases. The world's smallest monitor lizards.

Necessities:

Vivarium	UVA/UVB Lighting
Day heat globe	Substrate
Water bowl	Thermostat

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