Colombian tegu OR Ackie monitor?

[Boosh96]

Neither is easy to care for and neither make a "great" pet.

The care of both varanids and tegus is specialized and fairly advanced. It goes beyond diet and basking temperatures. It includes space, general and specific environment needs, deep, digable moisture retaining substrate (in the case of the ackie) and many, many other parameters.

There are specialized forums that address the questions you have. My strong suggestion would be to do the hard research and make sure you have ALL of the bases covered - to the extent where most of the questions you currently have may be answered.

The problem with shopping for opinions on forums is that you will often get opinions - which are very different than facts.

I'm aware that the care of an Ackie or Tegu is more complicated than what I had posted-I just figured it might be a good idea to post the bare basics of what I already think I know so I could be corrected if necessary. Frankly, I just want to know which would be a better choice out of the two lizards.

Edit: I may want to add that this is pretty much a purely hypothetical choice/situation at this point. I'm just trying to sort of outline my options and stuff before I seriously consider getting anything at all.