Quote Originally Posted by greenmonkey51
Are V.Storri regualarly availible. I've been looking at some of the smaller monitors.
V. storri are more common than the other four that I listed......but no where near as common as ackies. I have only seen one ad for them on kingsnake in the last year......and those are the ones that I bought. I know of several other people that keep them in the US.....but not more than I can count on one hand.

As far as the others are concerned.......V. kingorum is available in Canada, but I have not found anyone in the US with them yet(the leusistic v. kingorum are also available in Canada but carry a price tag of $15,000 a pair). I have only found 3 people in the US/Canada that keep V. caudolineatus...and none of them have a breeding pair. V. brevicauda is not available in North America, but I have heard there are a few keepers in Europe. The only person that I know that breeds V. gilleni is Frank Retes.....but good luck getting ahold of him.

Hope that helps. If you are looking for a dwarf monitor that is readily available and costs a bit less.......go for yellow or red ackies. But if you have a few extra bucks, can find some, and are willing to take a step up on the keeping difficulty........v. storri would be great