BLUE TONGUE SKINKS

Posted: **Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:12 am**

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

Posted: **Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:29 am**

Nice size indicator

Perhaps an Indonesian?

Posted: **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

Posted: **Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:53 am**

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

Posted: **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.

Beatiful skinks

f.C

Posted: **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?

Posted: **Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:11 am**

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

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.

Posted: **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

Posted: **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.

Posted: **Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:41 am**

Ya, I'm going indo on this one.

Posted: **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....

Posted: **Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:44 pm**

that looks indo to me as well.

Posted: **Fri Mar 28, 2008 4:28 pm**

i think indo it shows many traits stating so

Posted: **Sat Mar 29, 2008 1:24 am**

id say indo

sex is far more difficult..but thats been covered.

Posted: **Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:51 pm**

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

BLUE TONGUE SKINKS

identify this blue tongue pls

identify this blue tongue pls