This pair of Olive pythons.
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I have a red eyed crocodile skink. Not a terribly rare animal but a little difficult to find. Especially captive bred which my boy is. My ultimate goal is hunting down a group of ouroboros cataphractus or a pair of shingleback skinks.
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I love crocodile skinks, I might actually end up getting a pair next year. Do you have a picture of yours? Not to get off topic but how much enclosure space do they need, can a pair be housed together, and do you know how much enclosure space a pair would need?
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Mine’s a yearling male so he’s not quite mature yet. I have him in a 10 gallon for quarantine while I get a bioactive prepared for him.
Pairs can live together in a 20 gallon from what research i’ve done. I plan to build a 40 gallon bioactive for him and a female to ensure they have enough space.
I’ve heard of pairs doing well but make sure to w atch their behaviors, every animal is an individual and some may not do well with others.
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that creature is beautiful. i have never seen anything like him/her. wow. best of luck to you both.
is it okay to ask where these are from and are they venomous? sure looks like a real dragon. very beautiful. how old is it? where did you get it? how large will it get or is it full grown now?
There are only two species of venomous lizards in the world. Mexican beaded lizards and Gila monsters. Crocodile skinks are harmless.
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They come from new guinea and they aren’t venomous, they only live up to 5 years though they haven’t been kept in captivity for very long so their captive bred age hasn’t been verified yet. The red eyes only come at about 6 months of age and they get up to about 8 inches full grown. Unfortunately with these skinks handling should be kept to a minimum so they are more of display animals than pets but on how cool they look they still are amazing creatures.
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just a leopard gecko 
My rare personal pet, doesn’t necessarily compete with some of the current submissions in this post, but, golly, finding a female to pair him with has been downright awful!
This guy lives up to every article I have read on the locality to date, and is super relaxed and easy to handle, with an appetite that would have you think he was impossible to handle. My ultimate boa, he is named “Boaby” and I have serious determination to contribute to reproducing what has not been imported since the late 80’s!
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this is stunning 
Welcome to the forum 
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While not rare in our household, Cophotis ceylanica are by far our rarest reptile. This male does not like the phone in the slightest.
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Probably my 1.2 Gonyosoma jansenii! Hopefully I’ll get cbb babies from this season and have an even rarer animal.
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Komodos have also been shown to be venomous 
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Are they venomous in that they produce it themselves or because of the food they digest like dart frogs?
We have shown that the Komodo dragons have an anti-coagulant in their venom as well as other venom components that drop the blood pressure. It all combines to a steady march towards unconsciousness. The dragon can then tear the head off at its leisure.
From here:
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I thought they weren’t included since it was the bacteria in their mouth that caused damage and they didnt have conventional venom production. You learn new things everyday I suppose!
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