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Spiny-tailed pygmy monitor

Varanus acanthurus

Spiny-tailed pygmy monitor Zoom in

Class: Reptilia

Order: Squamata

Suborder: Lacertilia

Family: Varanidae


  • Lives in desert
  • Eats invertebrates
  • Is active during the day
  • Egg-laying animals
  • Non-venomous

  • inhabits arid areas with stony, rocky landscape in North and Central Australia. It spends most of its time in fissures in the rocks and in burrows under stones;
  • longevity in captivity is 10 years;
  • monitor-lizards which inhabit desert or savanna, spend most of their time nearby bodies of water, or wait till the heat is over in deep damp burrows;
  • these monitor-lizards are very sociable, they practically do not demonstrate aggressiveness.


Working hours
10 a.m. to
6 p.m.
Wednesday through Sunday
During autumn, spring and summer vacations, and on official holidays Exotarium is open everyday.
The scheme how to reach us
Our address: 300002, Russia, Tula, Oktyabrskaya str., bld. 26.
Phone number: 7 (4872) 47-53-92
You can arrive: fixed-run taxies # 1, 1t, 8, 9, 6t, 11, 12t, 21, 23, 24, 32, 34, 36, 41
buses # 1, 8, 9, 21, 36
trolley-buses № 1, 4, 6
tram № 12
the Zarechie district, Lunacharskogo or Arsenalnaya str.
Entrance tickets:
Children - 50 roubles (children under the age of 3 go for free)
Adults - 90 roubles.
Reduced fair tickets - 30 roubles (available for senior citizens, disabled people, etc.)