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identify this blue tongue pls

Postby dr01d » Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:12 am

can anybody tell me what type and the sex of this BT ? thanks

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Postby echoxxash » Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:29 am

Nice size indicator ;)

Perhaps an Indonesian?
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Postby zakkhogan » Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:51 am

i would guess at indo, but i've never been good at identifying the species, sex is even harder to guess, but possible male due to the smaller head maybe, but im really not sure..

Other members are much better at this sort of thing :)
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Postby dr01d » Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:53 am

yup indo but which locality...i thought smaller head means female????
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Postby Funda » Fri Mar 28, 2008 3:04 am

I thought (s)he looked abit Merauke, but im also thinking maybe Indo?

You cant tell the sex unless it secretes sperm plugs and when it does it shows that it is a Male.. if it does not then it is a female. (letting out sperm plugs depends on your skinks age aswell)
But getting a DNA test is probably more accurate.

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Postby Blotch » Fri Mar 28, 2008 6:07 am

Indo - and i'll say it's a boy. If it turns out I'm right - you have to send it to me - If I'm wrong you can laugh at me. deal? :P
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Postby SailleSkinklover » Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:11 am

Eeeeew, please tell me you don't smoke around your skink! :shock: :hurl:

It looks Indo to me as well, but there is quite a lot of glare in the pictures so its hard to see the head patterns.

Look for hemipenes or sperm plugs when it poops, and you'll know if its a boy.
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Postby moonpie » Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:13 am

i would say Merauke maybe just because of the length of the tail and the colours and markings are quite close to my Indie's just yours are a bit darker :D
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Postby Lucifer_Spades » Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:20 am

I would say Indo the banding is not as clean as I would expect on a merauke and usually meraukes don't have the black head scale outlines.
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Postby Fatal_S » Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:41 am

Ya, I'm going indo on this one.
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Postby Zach » Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:42 pm

dr01d wrote:yup indo but which locality...i thought smaller head means female????



Indo, and it's tough to tell exactly where. Some of the small islands produce consistent unique colorations, but it's nearly impossible to pinpoint for certainty. Small head CAN help indicate female, but almost all Indos have small heads anyway. Check out the gender section on the caresheet for detailed help....

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Postby sheslikeheroin » Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:44 pm

that looks indo to me as well.
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Postby shingleback aus » Fri Mar 28, 2008 4:28 pm

i think indo it shows many traits stating so :D
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Postby rachel » Sat Mar 29, 2008 1:24 am

id say indo :)
sex is far more difficult..but thats been covered.
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Postby Blotch » Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:51 pm

looks like it's coming up for a shed too. Post some pics after the shed please!
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