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Can Someone ID our buddy?

Postby Skinky » Tue May 29, 2007 4:45 pm

Hi everyone. We are hoping that someone can help us in ID-ing out BTS. At first, we thought he was IJ, then as we saw more pics, we started thinking Indonesian, now we think he may be Merauke. What do you think?


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Postby Lucifer_Spades » Tue May 29, 2007 5:37 pm

I say Indo. Butyou sshould wait for them what really knows what they doin.
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Postby Felmarg » Tue May 29, 2007 6:12 pm

I would say it is a merauke.
Look at the merauke pic on this site where it is hanging in a series of three pics.
Anyway, look at the pattern, the legs, and the neck.
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Postby Reptscue » Tue May 29, 2007 6:14 pm

Merauke all the way!!!!!!!!!!
How long is he??
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Postby Lucifer_Spades » Tue May 29, 2007 6:31 pm

see just like my profile says:
don't ask me, I don't know either.
I like to guess though.
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Postby Skinky » Tue May 29, 2007 6:52 pm

We haven't measured him, but i would say he is just about 2 feet, or 23 inches long. He is fully grown, about 4 years old, and VERY Handsome!! :D
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Postby Blotch » Tue May 29, 2007 6:53 pm

that's definately a merauke!!! Look how long it is!

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Postby evil pixie » Tue May 29, 2007 7:40 pm

He's gorgeous!!! :lovestruck:
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Postby Zach » Tue May 29, 2007 7:52 pm

Definitely a Merauke! Very nice.

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Postby Dragontears » Tue May 29, 2007 9:54 pm

another Merauke! :clap:
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Postby Leigh » Wed May 30, 2007 2:50 am

What a beaut mate , such nice markings,more pics please
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Postby Shellyjean » Wed May 30, 2007 6:23 am

He's gorgeous! I haven't seen very many Meraukes on here. I agree with Leigh, more pics! :)
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Postby Marie » Wed May 30, 2007 7:50 am

Welcome to the forum! I think your first picture is just awesome.
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Postby Skinky » Wed May 30, 2007 8:12 am

Thanx for the info guys....we've been thinking he's a merauke for a while now. we're hoping to breed him next year with an IJ a friend of ours owns. anyways, here a few more pics of Uther to look at. thanxImage
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Postby Jenn » Wed May 30, 2007 8:31 am

:welcome: He's a cutie!
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Postby KyleWeiss » Wed May 30, 2007 12:22 pm

Even I, master at screwing up the identification of Meraukes, had the first impression of Merauke without question. Beautiful animal. :)

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Postby Leigh » Thu May 31, 2007 12:53 am

Skinky wrote:Thanx for the info guys....we've been thinking he's a merauke for a while now. we're hoping to breed him next year with an IJ a friend of ours owns. anyways,


That will be frowned upon here mate , they like to keep the sub species clean, people doing morphs get boo's :heated: from the breeders here,why cross? just a thought
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Postby Zach » Thu May 31, 2007 2:15 am

Leigh wrote:
Skinky wrote:Thanx for the info guys....we've been thinking he's a merauke for a while now. we're hoping to breed him next year with an IJ a friend of ours owns. anyways,


That will be frowned upon here mate , they like to keep the sub species clean, people doing morphs get boo's :heated: from the breeders here,why cross? just a thought


Definitely. Merauke are somewhat rare compared to Indos and IJ's. Creating a cross between the two would be a shame. Check out the latest thread on the topic!

http://bluetongueskinks.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9104

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Postby Skinky » Thu May 31, 2007 4:01 am

thanx for the advice guys, I'll definitely give it more thought before I decide what I'm gonna do. However, maybe someone can answer this....Would IJ's and Merauke breed with each other in the wild?? They're reletively close geographically seaking?? just wondering
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Postby Zach » Thu May 31, 2007 4:11 am

In areas where two species (of any animal) meet, there is often hybridization to some degree, but it's minute. In the case of BTS, it's something like .5%-1% of total wild BTS populations. Since captive BTS are so scarce, we don't recommend it.

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