When people ask questions like this, I tend to feel they are not ready for the challenge that is caring properly for a monitor or tegu . So im going with Bearded Dragon.
Hahahaha!
Chris
"That cute little lizard in the pet shop will, in a few short years, become an enormous, ferocious carnivore; capable of breaking the family cat's neck in a single snap and swallowing it whole." - Daniel Bennett
i like monitors better and are alot more rewarding when you own a monitor also most monitors are harder to tame than tegus.
Have you ever owned a tegu as well?
I have owned both, still own some varanids, and they are my pick as well, but my tegus were all awesome animals in their own right. I could let my big male tegu free roam in the backyard. I would never ever think of attempting this with my Ornate monitor.
Chris
"That cute little lizard in the pet shop will, in a few short years, become an enormous, ferocious carnivore; capable of breaking the family cat's neck in a single snap and swallowing it whole." - Daniel Bennett