BLUE TONGUE SKINKS

Posted: **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?

Posted: **Tue May 29, 2007 5:37 pm**

I say Indo. Butyou sshould wait for them what really knows what they doin.

Posted: **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.

Posted: **Tue May 29, 2007 6:14 pm**

Merauke all the way!!!!!!!!!!
How long is he??

Posted: **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.

Posted: **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!!

Posted: **Tue May 29, 2007 6:53 pm**

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

They are gorgeous!!!

Posted: **Tue May 29, 2007 7:40 pm**

He's gorgeous!!! :lovestruck:

Posted: **Tue May 29, 2007 7:52 pm**

Definitely a Merauke! Very nice.

Posted: **Tue May 29, 2007 9:54 pm**

another Merauke! :clap:

Posted: **Wed May 30, 2007 2:50 am**

What a beaut mate , such nice markings,more pics please

Posted: **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!

Posted: **Wed May 30, 2007 7:50 am**

Welcome to the forum! I think your first picture is just awesome.

Posted: **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. thanx

Posted: **Wed May 30, 2007 8:31 am**

He's a cutie!

Posted: **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.

KW

Posted: **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

Posted: **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 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

Posted: **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

Posted: **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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Can Someone ID our buddy?

Can Someone ID our buddy?