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westerns and alpine blotch bub update

Postby Richard.C » Tue Sep 18, 2007 11:07 pm

been out taking some happy snaps and thought id show some pics of a couple of my alpine blotch bubs from last season as they have just shed and in the middle of it still,lol,and the pink tongue western,god its hard getting a pic of his tongue,he either just has the blue tip hanging out or just to fast,as u will see the blotcheds popped theres out and i wasnt even trying,lolanyhow here u goImage
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pssssssssssst,i think he has a fondness for that pink tongued western,im gunna keep poking my tongue out,maybe he will think im a good boy and give me treats instead :lol: Image
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Postby Richard.C » Tue Sep 18, 2007 11:12 pm

look im a real blue tongue,point that elsewhere would ya,sheeshImage
i heard that blotchy,hey richard,richard,look im not a real bluey,toss that snail to me thanks :twisted: Image
i also got some video of the western,little bugger is a shocker for tongue shots,way to fast,lol,but on the film hes cruisin and tongue popping like crazy so ill try post it
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Postby Funda » Tue Sep 18, 2007 11:19 pm

Great shots on those tongues Richard! :thumbs:
There fantastic, so are your blotches! :love:

The pink tongue pic is blury but atleast you got it!
Its a huge pink tongue i can tell ya that much :lol:


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Postby Richard.C » Tue Sep 18, 2007 11:44 pm

yeah is blurry as,took about 6000 shots and hes way to fast so only one with his tongue,lol,i did take some video though so will try and put that on here
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Postby aussiebluey » Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:06 am

great pics
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Postby Leigh » Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:38 am

We need more blotch shots from you and Geoff{has he got them?} and Ralphie Lisa{cough cough},anyway good job buddy pile'em on.
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Postby LittleFoot » Wed Sep 19, 2007 7:39 am

great pics, i am so envious of all the tongue shots, since it's my day off i think i will take LittleFoot out to the park and take dozens of pics until I get my tongue shot.
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Postby Tattoo » Wed Sep 19, 2007 3:53 pm

The shots are great but I have skink envy! :grump:

Thanks for sharing. :wink:
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Postby Lisa » Wed Sep 19, 2007 4:37 pm

aww, little Ralphies! :love:
Are they your stock, Rich, or are they from elsewhere? I can't believe mine was ever that small, he's a monster now.

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Postby Richard.C » Wed Sep 19, 2007 6:56 pm

there from my stock lisa,the mother is my avatar,my southern blotch babies are even smaller in comparison,lol
this is an alpine ans southern from the past season,alpine at 3 weeks old in pic,southern a couple of days old,the southerns were a smidge smaller than usualImage
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Postby DeadEye » Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:23 pm

Hey Rich buddy ol Pal :shock: MMMM bloched

We might have to talk turkey :love: out the back get me :hehe: .. I love da blotch , need da bloch ,...Hangin 4 a blotchie LOL .

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Harley has had its first service 1200 Km .. Now a weekend run :clap: - I have a burgundy color , cream ,yellows ,white,s and on and on .... lol Ya like Shingles by any chance ..eheheh

hehehe gee i like there H mark - Nice tongue shots m8 - Stripes my centralian has the darkest tonge ive ever seen- Got a orange 1 kilo in this morning all the eyes stuck shut Flu ...Pics tonight Huge Rugosa rugosa

Getting them come in from all over the state , we get some ORSM colors really ...Wine red to cream to pure orange .To fire red and black ..We have ordered a couple of new members to the clan from a breeder in the N.E yall love em Image
Imagine as Orange a head as ya can get ....mmmmm You know :drool: We put an order in for some babes , to buy off a breeder . I keep looking at Pikes pic of there black bands , i see em all over the roads ,when iam up there but must do this all by the books . Be a real knob to waste all this work we both do with C.S.I.R.O viroligists D.E.C everything .. But back to reality there buity,s Mate .If i go around the block on the new bike ..That means Fremantle adelaide , melbourne ,sydney tweed heads coolangatta and over the top , 18,000 Kilometers , i did it on the side car 3 years ago , have to catch up Mate !! 4 sure .
Lata richard .................. wife says i thought ya meant round the block yere right around :shock: , i ring her in whyalla or Eucla :roll: ....lol Look at them again now there not a year and firing :2thumbs: Image
Thnx 4 the pics drool drool .Ps do you get these rugosa in pet shops in Melbourne or sydney.?
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Postby Richard.C » Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:36 am

unfortunatly dont see em over here much ian,there definatly on my to get list,i looooooooove stumpers,great lizards,id definatly do ya a swap but in wa u cant keep blotchies hey,only wa endemics,u have some awsome rugosas there though ian,and doing a bang up great job with the wild flu ones,keep up the great work,my old man recently rid over your way from melb,up through the kimberleys to darwin,down through alice and back to melb,over 3 months,had a blast,lucky bugger,id love to see more of wa some time
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Postby DeadEye » Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:03 pm

Yere iam only dreaming ive never looked into it , your probly right on the mark re keeping da blotched .. Ar well .I can get my fix lookin at yours :lol: and geoffs

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Postby Zach » Fri Sep 21, 2007 5:05 am

Richard.C wrote:yeah is blurry as,took about 6000 shots and hes way to fast so only one with his tongue,lol,i did take some video though so will try and put that on here


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That is the strangest tongue on that western....if you send me the video, I can post it here... zach@bluetongueskinks.net

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Postby Richard.C » Fri Sep 21, 2007 9:04 am

thanks zach,ill send u the footage
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Postby DeadEye » Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:18 pm

Rippers alright seen this gem Rich .Image
Ive spoken to Gary davies bout buying a pair .
Thats Pikes Pic the light color orange skink :shock:

Buitifull like aboriginal art work , He sells the goldfield morphs they come from this one Pike took to deep reds Image


We are fully pumped with the Orange headed black banded goldfield morph , these guys are futher north east east of waluna out the gun barrel hwy ..You been down that Track richard .? .Man the corrigations bash ya to death , the track was so bad when i crossed it broke a shocky , shoock everything lose . Lost my dog and had to turn back 90 mile . Found her running along she took of after a mob of roos , waited till 2am need extra fuel no fule stops .. Dead cars litter the hwy good goanna country up there .

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Have a go at the markings and tongue shots :2thumbs: :love:
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Postby LittleFoot » Tue Sep 25, 2007 8:35 pm

DeadEye, amazing pictures as always, those colors are absolutely striking. He looks like such a little tough guy.
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Postby Leigh » Wed Sep 26, 2007 5:05 am

Thats an AWESOME colouration, totally prehistoric mate, hes telling the photographer"This aint no roo for two,rack off"
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Postby Tattoo » Wed Sep 26, 2007 11:03 am

Deadeye ... you lost your dog and had to turn back 90 miles? :shock: Flaming Nora that's one rough road!
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Postby russman » Wed Sep 26, 2007 3:11 pm

I love the stumpy nose on that blotchy

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