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blue-tailed monitor
scientific name: Varanus doreanus
| Cites status: | Cites Appendix II, obligation to keep records and to register! |
| Geographical Extension: | From New Guinea to few offshore islands to the northern tip of Australia. |
| Habitat: | lives in mangrove woods and is adapted to a life in water |
| Size: | 120 to 160 cm |
| Life Expectancy: | over 15 years |
| Reproduction: | about the breeding is nothing known |
| Temperature: | 28-30°C, local 40-45°C, at night the temperature should not drop under 20°C |
| Humidity: | 70-90% The use of special technology is recommended like Super Rain or Super Fog, which can be controlled with Humidity Control or PRO Timer. |
| Lighting: | Daylight Fluorescent Tubes e.g. Daylight Sun T5 in combination with Light Strip and a Spot Lamps. Additional a UV lighting e.g. Compact Sun UV. |
| Substrate: | Eco Bark or a similar substrate |
| Cage Furniture: | Planting with sturdy plants is not only for decoration but also a shelter. A water tank should not be missing. |
| Terrarium Size (for long term care): | 300x120x200 cm (LxWxH) |
| food: | insects e.g. crickets, locusts, cockroachs, zophobas, wax moth etc, mice, fish. Adult animals should be fed with circa 50% fish. |
| Comment: | Not very often kept, therefore less information. |