Here in the Philippines building new cage for my Varanus Cumingi any ideas for plants for Kidlat he is a CBB hatchling. Because they love to dig I put a concrete floor with drainage and back filled with 24” soil. It’s open air design and half will be shaded an
I found this video that gives a few plant ideas for your enclosure……
Welcome to you all the way from the Philippines!
Thanks originally from Seattle Washington area lol.
Well either way you are a few miles from me in good ole Indiana!!! 
True lol. If you look in the back I have a termite mound against the back wall and another nice thing is the small house geckos will frequent there as well as lots of worms and Beatles and crickets and I will be introducing a colony of Madagascar hissing cockroaches
In the pond will be adding local fish and river crabs so will have an abundance of food. So excited for this, I don’t need anything special like lighting heat humidity etc it’s all natural for him here. In Washington always had to buy lighting heat etc. Was expensive hobby in Seattle.
Holy cow! I can’t wait to see how this enclosure progresses! You obviously have put a lot of thought into this project and your monitor is very lucky! Evidently this yellow monitor is an endangered species? Of course your guy is captive bred. You will have a veritable mini jungle for him before you are through!
Since these guys like to dig you might look into some mini trees that will be sturdier? I absolutely have no idea about what plants/trees would be suitable so I’m hoping others here will chime in hopefully……
Also any pictures of Kidlat are welcome!
I have a relative in Seattle but I have never visited. But I hear it’s rain rain and even more rain! Very difficult to properly house a yellow water monitor. The Philippines on the other hand, wow! The possibilities are endless.
With the fish and the crabs etc, what a little eco system you will have! Self sufficient for sure!
Btw there is an Introduction option on this forum if you’re interested in sharing anything about yourself in general. There are lots of good people here who will be glad to have you here, as I am already! 
I will also be using the natural river stones in Kidlats (lightning) pond. I wish more Filipinos would post here with there natural set ups because would help all in how to properly house these guys. I hear people saying to have basking spots up to 150 degrees and the hottest I have ever seen here was 120. So if more Filipinos participated in the discussion the people from around the world would have better ways to maintain there lizards and snakes, my next project will be for a reticulated python.
Yes I agree about having more Filipinos posting here about these lizards! Imo this community needs more variety such as this! So this is a shout out to you guys to join in!
Btw, a retic is my out of the reach dream snake! So don’t go away!!!
Wow! That enclosure is going to be amazing and it is for my all time dream reptile at that! I really can’t think of many plants for such a large species though.
From what I have heard, that shouldn’t be an issue. I have seen people talking about how when basking in sunlight, they can raise their body temperature 30+ degrees. I don’t know for sure if this is true but I have seen it mentioned in multiple different places.
I have also seen people use a clear piece of corrugated roof and it works like a magnifying glass to raise the temperature of the basking area by 20-50 degrees. I am not sure about that but I will try and find the video I saw that, I remember it was for lace monitors though.
There are also some small frogs I am thinking about getting. The Filipinos here eat them but I will use in Kidlats cage for food and decor.
I have seen that video before. I will be keeping my enclosure at temps that are all natural here and will be recording them and sending them here to help others including humidity and what time of year it is here, like now it’s the rainy season with high temps and high humidity.
Oh yes Kidlat is very handsome! I have several small lizards but none even the size of Kidlat. I would think that with lizards such as him, it is very important to tame early to insure handleability……
The father of Kidlat is 7’ and the mother is 5’ they grow about 1.25 to 1.5 inches per week if in right environment and enough food hence the adult enclosure already don’t need to waste time on multiple cages
