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Benjamin Lutz
Snakekeeper
Number of posts: 93
Age: 24
Location: Puerto Galera, Oriental Mindoro, Philippines
Points: 1523
Registration date: 2008-03-30
 | | Subject: Varanus olivaceus eggs Mon 18 Aug - 12:44 | |
| here you see new V.olivaceus eggs!  and here you see me with one of the eggs!  Hopefully our Females are not yet finish with egg-laying!! Greetz Ben |
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Mario Lutz
Founder
Number of posts: 1402
Age: 44
Location: Puerto Galera, Philippines
Points: 3787
Registration date: 2008-03-06
| | Subject: Re: Varanus olivaceus eggs Mon 18 Aug - 14:03 | |
| Ben, you wrote this like it is the most common thing in the word to have Varanus olivaceus eggs in the incubator. maybe you let folks here know, what is so special with the Butaan!
cheers
Mario
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Attitude, rather than disposition is more definitive of serpent behavior. From the moment they emerge into this world until they complete their life cycle, their attitude is "Don't tread on me. I am well equipped to defend myself, but content to pass through life unnoticed. I mean no harm to anything or anyone that our creator has not provided as my bill of fare; I am self sustaining and I like it that way, please pass me by." - W.E. Haast
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Markus Gottlieb
Snakemaster
Number of posts: 263
Age: 21
Location: Upper Austria
Points: 1605
Registration date: 2008-08-11
| | Subject: Re: Varanus olivaceus eggs Mon 18 Aug - 14:39 | |
| Congratulations! Great, Varanus eggs, i love these big animals  Do you have pics of the parents? Greetings, Markus |
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Sven Vogler
Newbie
Number of posts: 24
Age: 42
Location: Hamburg / Germany
Points: 1470
Registration date: 2008-05-16
| | Subject: Re: Varanus olivaceus eggs Mon 18 Aug - 18:10 | |
| I certainly know what makes this lizard so special and I must say that I am deeply impressed by this breeding success!
Cheers from Hamburg!
Sven Vogler |
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Arcy_Salvacion
Snakekeeper
Number of posts: 89
Age: 29
Location: Philippines
Points: 1449
Registration date: 2008-06-30
| | Subject: Re: Varanus olivaceus eggs Wed 20 Aug - 19:38 | |
| thats nice benny, your favorite just laid eggs,  best of luck for you bro!!! Regards Arcy
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Arcy_Salvacion
Snakekeeper
Number of posts: 89
Age: 29
Location: Philippines
Points: 1449
Registration date: 2008-06-30
| | Subject: Re: Varanus olivaceus eggs Wed 20 Aug - 19:43 | |
| By the way, i agree with Mario, can you share more info about V.olivaceus,
so they would know how special this lizards r,
Cheers
-Arcy |
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René Ries
Snakekeeper
Number of posts: 45
Age: 30
Location: Germany
Points: 1476
Registration date: 2008-05-09
| | Subject: Re: Varanus olivaceus eggs Sat 6 Sep - 21:46 | |
| That´s a great breeding success!!
I red that the incubation period is up to 300 days - seems really long to me.
Please let us know some more informations about V. olivaceus. Always nice and important to get first hand informations!
By the way: You don´t have Varanus mabitang at your zoo? Dont you?
All the best!
René |
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Mario Lutz
Founder
Number of posts: 1402
Age: 44
Location: Puerto Galera, Philippines
Points: 3787
Registration date: 2008-03-06
| | Subject: Re: Varanus olivaceus eggs Sun 7 Sep - 10:35 | |
| hi Rene,
no, we do not have Varanus mabitang at the Zoo... i hav´nt even seen one until now...
last year, we was discussing with the government if it makes sense to collect a small breeding group from the wild and start a conservation breeding program.. somehow, we dont get trough with it.. it would be very important - but we cant raise funds for it....
cheers
Mario
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Attitude, rather than disposition is more definitive of serpent behavior. From the moment they emerge into this world until they complete their life cycle, their attitude is "Don't tread on me. I am well equipped to defend myself, but content to pass through life unnoticed. I mean no harm to anything or anyone that our creator has not provided as my bill of fare; I am self sustaining and I like it that way, please pass me by." - W.E. Haast
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Mario Lutz
Founder
Number of posts: 1402
Age: 44
Location: Puerto Galera, Philippines
Points: 3787
Registration date: 2008-03-06
| | Subject: Varanus olivaceus Sun 7 Sep - 11:06 | |
| we do have breeding of Varanus olivaceus done in the past, actually, we breed this species since 4 years in a row.  here we have some eggs from 2004  the babies  one close up  one of the females  and another one the Butaan is one of the most fascinating monitor Lizards i came across with so far.. we keep lots of Monitors here, but the V.olivaceus is very special to me and all of us.  that is an adult Varanus cumingi male, this guys can be a handful - and you think Ophiophagus hannah is dangerous?! think again! cheers Mario
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Attitude, rather than disposition is more definitive of serpent behavior. From the moment they emerge into this world until they complete their life cycle, their attitude is "Don't tread on me. I am well equipped to defend myself, but content to pass through life unnoticed. I mean no harm to anything or anyone that our creator has not provided as my bill of fare; I am self sustaining and I like it that way, please pass me by." - W.E. Haast
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René Ries
Snakekeeper
Number of posts: 45
Age: 30
Location: Germany
Points: 1476
Registration date: 2008-05-09
| | Subject: Re: Varanus olivaceus eggs Sun 7 Sep - 17:50 | |
| Nice pictures Mario! Next to our venomous snakes, monitor lizards are my all time favorites. I recognized that you write Varanus cumingi as it is not longer a salvator subspecies?! Had there beeen a change in the salvator taxonomy? I must agree with you - Varanus olivaceus is fascinating and i´m happy about your breeding success! I hope you get a change to breed the Mabitang in the near future too. Best wishes! René (who needs more space for some nice Varanus ssp.  ) |
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Sven Vogler
Newbie
Number of posts: 24
Age: 42
Location: Hamburg / Germany
Points: 1470
Registration date: 2008-05-16
| | Subject: Re: Varanus olivaceus eggs Sun 7 Sep - 18:01 | |
| There have been quite some changes in the Varanus salvator-complex. The first time I heard about it was at a presentation at the DGHT-Jahrestagung in 2004. But since monitors are only of peripheral interest for me I can't give you a real update....
Greetings from Hamburg
Sven Vogler |
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Mario Lutz
Founder
Number of posts: 1402
Age: 44
Location: Puerto Galera, Philippines
Points: 3787
Registration date: 2008-03-06
| | Subject: Re: Varanus olivaceus eggs Sun 7 Sep - 18:10 | |
| | René Ries wrote: |
I recognized that you write Varanus cumingi as it is not longer a salvator subspecies?! Had there beeen a change in the salvator taxonomy?
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yes René, there has been a change in their systematic recently... let me take a look, i have the paper here somewhere, ill scan it and send it to you..
all former Varanus salvator ssp. in the philippines are recognized as full species now.
we lost Varanus salvator on our specieslist in the Philippines, we won Varanus nucalis, Varanus marmoratus, Varanus cumingi... the status of marmoratus is still confusng as the author have not had enough samples for mit. DNA .. their might be a Varanus marmoratus complex with different subspecies yet to be discovered... Bennett is also dicribing a new philipinosaurus species right now, that would be number 3 besides the olivaceus and mabitang, well - i would not be surprised, to find some more new Varanid sp. / ssp. in the philippines in the not so far Future.
cheers
Mario
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Attitude, rather than disposition is more definitive of serpent behavior. From the moment they emerge into this world until they complete their life cycle, their attitude is "Don't tread on me. I am well equipped to defend myself, but content to pass through life unnoticed. I mean no harm to anything or anyone that our creator has not provided as my bill of fare; I am self sustaining and I like it that way, please pass me by." - W.E. Haast
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: Varanus olivaceus eggs Sat 15 Nov - 4:53 | |
| wow  awesome monitors ,goodluck. the cumingi is kicking A** lol.  greetz |
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Gustav Eloy
Snakemaster
Number of posts: 480
Age: 25
Location: Aguascalientes, Mexico
Points: 1146
Registration date: 2010-09-09
| | Subject: Re: Varanus olivaceus eggs Thu 23 Dec - 17:59 | |
| this species are really cool animals with nice colorations, keep the hard work on them, any more pics pleaas? |
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Nigel Sowter
Snakemaster
Number of posts: 344
Age: 48
Location: Australia
Points: 955
Registration date: 2010-11-29
| | Subject: Re: Varanus olivaceus eggs Fri 18 Feb - 13:19 | |
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Mike Spencer
Snakemaster
Number of posts: 379
Age: 27
Location: Northern California/Ft. Smith, Arkansas
Points: 1112
Registration date: 2010-06-27
| | Subject: Re: Varanus olivaceus eggs Fri 18 Feb - 15:11 | |
| Nice. Good luck with them all and thanks for sharing! |
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Albert J. Montejo
Snakecharmer
Number of posts: 244
Age: 53
Location: Coconut Grove , Miami Florida
Points: 569
Registration date: 2011-03-01
| | Subject: Re: Varanus olivaceus eggs Sat 11 Jun - 16:35 | |
| This significant act of conservation of Varanus olivaceus by Mario Lutz is what brought Venom land to the attention of the world.
Varanus olivaceus, was thought to be extinct !.
Amazing and truly serious,
Albert. |
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