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have you seen an all black (hypermelanistic)BTS?

Postby ROBSTA » Tue Feb 05, 2008 9:30 am

well if you havent here they are,thought you mite like these

in australia at a place called snakeranch there breeding these black(hypermelanistic) bluetongues all which came originated from a single specimen which was found in a suburban backyard!!

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aswell as these there breeding albinos from a wild caught specimen
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Postby truelovesk8 » Tue Feb 05, 2008 9:53 am

Ill take one of each!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :ohyes:
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Postby Fatal_S » Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:26 am

We have a member on here with one of each. Look back a page or 2 under Salt and Pepper. I think that member will be getting more soon as well. Wish I could have found one of em in my backyard...
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Postby Celeste » Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:38 am

Very cool! Beautiful animals!

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Postby shingleback aus » Tue Feb 05, 2008 2:39 pm

i love hypermelanistic easterns gee i thought olivia was black :lol:
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Postby SailleSkinklover » Tue Feb 05, 2008 3:52 pm

Uvv uvv uvvuvv! Those black blueys are sooooo delicious! :drool:
I'm waiting for pics of their tongues, I wanna see if those are a deeper blue ( like a Shingleback's tongue) or are they Uber bright blue!
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Postby Tattoo » Tue Feb 05, 2008 4:38 pm

Those black skinks look like candy! :drool:
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Postby ROBSTA » Tue Feb 05, 2008 6:53 pm

SailleSkinklover wrote:Uvv uvv uvvuvv! Those black blueys are sooooo delicious! :drool:
I'm waiting for pics of their tongues, I wanna see if those are a deeper blue ( like a Shingleback's tongue) or are they Uber bright blue!


havent seen there tongue,but the albinos have a pink tongue
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Postby Lucifer_Spades » Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:24 pm

ROBSTA wrote:
SailleSkinklover wrote:Uvv uvv uvvuvv! Those black blueys are sooooo delicious! :drool:
I'm waiting for pics of their tongues, I wanna see if those are a deeper blue ( like a Shingleback's tongue) or are they Uber bright blue!


havent seen there tongue,but the albinos have a pink tongue


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Postby Blotch » Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:30 pm

yeah - nice blueys granted - but not worth $1500 - $3000 a pop. I'd rather something like a Kimberly Northern personally.
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Postby RocketRocks » Tue Feb 05, 2008 9:38 pm

If I got one of those I couldn't resist naming it Vader. :D
Very cool, I wish they'd pop up in my backyard.
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Postby sheslikeheroin » Tue Feb 05, 2008 10:42 pm

those things are too cool
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Postby MartinsPerson » Wed Feb 06, 2008 12:40 am

Beautiful blueys. I'll admit to a slight fixation on these guys. I'd love to have one. Maybe for irony's sake I'd name it Blanco. :smile:
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Postby Blotch » Wed Feb 06, 2008 12:45 am

I'd name the black one Blackie Lawless - and the Albino Deborah Harry.
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Postby herp boy » Wed Feb 06, 2008 1:39 am

I wish I knew where they are avalible in the us.
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Postby Blotch » Wed Feb 06, 2008 1:54 am

they're not.
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Postby RocketRocks » Wed Feb 06, 2008 2:02 am

And if they are in the US they'd way, way overcharge for one.
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Postby Blotch » Wed Feb 06, 2008 5:34 am

yes indeedy! They overcharge for them here!

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Postby ROBSTA » Wed Feb 06, 2008 6:37 am

Blotch wrote:I'd name the black one Blackie Lawless - and the Albino Deborah Harry.


lol they are GREAT names,

you can buy them from snake ranch,i forgot how much they are ill go have a look see how much there not cheap though
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Postby Leigh » Wed Feb 06, 2008 7:06 am

Well for me it'd be Licorice lips,on that note Australian licorice is the best in the world, another reason to move there.
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