In Arnhem Land, they lay 6 to 13 eggs between January and February.[8] Due to similar genetic structures, the yellow-spotted monitor is able to naturally hybridise with the Gould's monitor with a stable hybrid zone.
Varanus panoptes is a versatile predator and inhabits a large variety of biomes and habitats. They are primarily terrestrial, meaning they spend a great deal of time on the ground. This species is an avid digger and will dig large burrows or take over an already existing burrow, where they spend a sizable portion of their time. Despite this, they will eagerly forage in trees and in the water. These large lizards are quite fast and will run up to 100 meters away to the nearest tree or burrow when they are chased. Varanus panoptes is riparian in habits and as such, it can usually be found around a permanent source of water. Varanus panoptes will often "tripod" in captivity and in the wild, raising up on their hind legs and supporting themselves with their tail. This unusual behavior is used to spot potential prey or enemies from a distance or when they are threatened. They exhibit this behavior regularly in captivity. This habit provides them a unique characteristic that separates them from most other monitors.
Its prey consists of almost anything that it can overpower. This includes fish, crabs, small birds, rodents, insects and even other monitors. They hunt for prey by keying in on movement, chasing it down and overpowering it. In captivity, this monitor has been observed swinging rodent prey around rapidly by the tail in what appears to be an attempt to stun the animal, before biting at the prey's neck. Varanus panoptes frequently preys on the dwarf monitors that it shares its range with. Spiny-tailed goannas and Kimberley rock monitors are eaten regularly. Varanus panoptes have great senses, with smell being the most acute. Like all monitors, Varanus panoptes has a forked tongue and a vomeronasal organ in the roof of its mouth. It uses this organ in the same manner as snakes and other varanids do and can often be seen flicking their tongues in search of a meal.
The prerequisite for using the fan control is that your hardware is supported by Argus Monitor. This is the case for almost all mainboards and graphics cards, but individual channels may not be controllable. This is due either to the design of the mainboard by the mainboard manufacturer or to the monitoring chip used on the mainboard.
The picture shows the configuration dialog for selecting the temperature channels of one source (SuperIO monitoring chip, AIO liquid cooler, power supply, ...). Using the dropdown menu in the top left of this dialog you can select the source you want to configure. You reach this dialog in the settings in the category Mainboard / Temperatures by pressing the button Configuration.
Not all options of those controllers are available at the moment. What should be possible is the readout of liquid coolant temperature as well as pump/fan monitoring and pump/fan speed control. What is not available is RGB light control if the cooler has RGB lights. We might add RGB light control at a later date if we get enough feedback from Corsair users that this is a desired feature.
Wiring A shows a wiring where the mainboard vendor decided against adjusting the fan speed for this fan header. The middle pin on the fan header, which is responsible for supplying the power to the fan, is wired straight to the 12 Volts power supply, so there is no way to control the fan speed via the Super-I/O chip. Only the RPM fan speed can be monitored. Obviously, neither Argus Monitor nor any other software can control such fans.
Unfortunately, many people who want to keep the giants of the lizard and snake worlds fail to understand the care requirements and sheer size of the adult animals. The neonates of many large monitor lizards are adorable little clones of their adult counterparts, often exhibiting the same rugged character and charisma. Monitors, in particular, present themselves as intelligent animals that seem to be thinking and solving things as they stare back at you. Many will hold their ground and show their "spirit" when you attempt to hold them.
Luckily, the Argus monitor (Varanus panoptes horni) is a relatively manageable species that does not get as huge as other monitors, normally remaining less than 5 feet in length. It has an intense personality, is not particularly shy, and is just large enough to be considered a behemoth pet lizard for show, but not so large that it cannot be housed and cared for by an intermediate to advanced keeper with the proper resources and dedication. For this reason, the Argus monitor has become quite a popular pet monitor lizard in recent years.
The Argus monitor is endemic to the Papuan island, both Indonesia and New Guinea, along the southern coastal and lowland interior ranges. It is often found in savannah grasslands, riparian habitats, woodlands, coastal regions and floodplains. It is a mostly terrestrial lizard that digs burrows. It will sometimes climb and may use tree hollows to some degree, but adult Argus monitors are clumsy climbers compared to other monitor species more adapted to arboreal lifestyles. It is a decent swimmer and will often hunt in shallow floodplains, ponds and waterways.
Hatchling Argus monitors generally measure 10 to 12 inches in total length and are more brilliantly colored and patterned than the adults. They exhibit an off-white, yellow or yellow-green background coloration with a dark brown to black dorsum and yellow ocelli forming transverse bands. Reddish-brown and/or gray markings may appear dorsally. The tail is always ringed with dark brown transverse bands that extend to its tip. Some of the Australian V. p. panoptes and V. p. rubidus localities will have a pure yellow tail tip on the distal third while others do not, but all specimens of V. p. horni that I have observed always have banding to the tip of the tail.
An average fully grown adult male Argus is a sturdily built animal nearly 5 feet in total length. Females generally max out at about 31/2 feet. Males have greatly enlarged "Popeye" front legs compared to the females. Color and patterning is identical in the two sexes. It's theorized that the males develop so much larger as an adaptation of ritualized combat during the breeding season. Males will congregate in areas of receptive females and engage in standing pushing matches of strength. Winners stay to mate with the nearby female, and the loser is driven away. Therefore, larger males are selected for over time as they are passing on their genetic material more often. The same upright combat is well-known and described in several other monitor lizard species, including the Komodo (V. salvator).
The Argus monitor is relatively easy to keep as a pet provided some basic care requirements are met. By monitor standards, it is a very hardy captive goanna. Start baby Argus monitors off in an enclosure that is at least 36 inches long, 30 inches tall and 18 inches wide. Provide at least 6 inches of substrate. I like to use Exo-Terra glass terrariums as "raise-up" cages for baby Argus monitors. There is room for several inches of substrate, glass doors on the front that open out, and space for lighting on top. I place plexiglass over some of the screen panels on the top to retain heat and humidity.
I don't recommend an all-screen top for an Argus monitor habitat. The constant convection of heat and humidity out the top of the cage is inefficient and dehydrates the young lizards. It's better to have a good portion, if not all, of the top of a terrarium closed up and allow for a small amount of ventilation from the sides of the cage.
The ideal cage for one or a pair of adult Argus monitors would measure 8 feet long by 4 feet wide and 4 feet tall, with 2 feet of substrate to tunnel into. If you have your heart set on keeping a monitor but cannot provide an enclosure of this size, you may want to consider a smaller monitor, such as an ackie (V. acanthurus).
You'll find that most seasoned monitor keepers use custom-built or modified, sealed-up enclosures that have glass sliding doors and lights mounted internally in the cage. There are commercially available melamine and plastic cages that fit this design.
Although an Argus can be kept on paper towel or carpet-type beddings, I strongly recommend you provide a substrate your monitor can dig into and tunnel through. This will provide your pet with security, a humid refugia, and something for this very active lizard to do. I have tried several different bedding types with neonates, and nothing seems to make them thrive better than a sandy, loamy dirt. Place 6 to 12 inches of substrate in their cage and top it off with some dry leaf litter collected from outside (such as oak or elm leaves). This substrate will help you maintain a functional, naturalistic, and pleasant-looking enclosure.
Rocks and decorative stones can also be used as basking platforms and places to climb on, but an Argus monitor will frequently dig beneath everything in the cage that is not placed on the cage bottom, with substrate added afterward. Don't set anything up that could result in a heavy object such as a rock falling onto a digging monitor.
Monitors appreciate heat while under cover, so position some hiding places (cork tubes, sheets of wood, rocks arranged to provide hiding places, etc.) beneath the basking area to allow this. This is something that is often overlooked by keepers, and it's important. Monitors prefer fairly high temperatures, but they don't generally want to sit in full view on top of a rock beneath a basking light. Although the Argus is a fairly bold and confident monitor, even as a neonate, when designing your habitat, include hiding areas both on the cooler end of the enclosure and under the heat source at the warm end. Providing a deep substrate will also allow your pet to dig burrows in which to hide wherever it feels comfortable along the temperature gradient.
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