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In this forum all are welcome to ask blue tongue skink-related questions, share information, ideas, tips, experiences, and pictures with fellow BTS enthusiasts.
If you are wondering if your BTS is acting normally or might be sick, this is where you can get help with that.
This is also where you can have some FUN while sharing the enjoyment you get from your blueys!
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mouseinamilkbottle
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You should definitely change your username then...you'll give people the wrong idea of who knows what around here....
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NomadOfTheHills wrote:But the true dilema is: Irian Jaya IS merauke according to science!
As far as I know, that's been recanted! In the Bible, it says that "Irian Jaya" (they don't refer to them as IN in the Bible) and Merauke will both be known as evanescens. BUT, I've learned that Shea has since changed his views on that. It was never official anyway.
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I'm still on the fence. I'm thinking it could be a merauke, Indo, or IJ, or a cross of some kind. 
This is one of those tough ones.
Those narrow, tight stripes, stripes on the back of the head, long tail...
Can you get a clear shot of the side of the head, kaiju?
Looks like a really great animal and friend, nonetheless.
KW
This is one of those tough ones.
Those narrow, tight stripes, stripes on the back of the head, long tail...
Can you get a clear shot of the side of the head, kaiju?
Looks like a really great animal and friend, nonetheless.
KW
Goodbye, BTS.net -- We've had to good times. I do hope someone else will come along and make it the lovely community it once was.
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Zach
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I say it's 100% IJ.
The BROWN stripes over a tan back are good hints. Most Indos have black stripes instead of an actual colored stripe. That's not always the case though as many of the gray Merauke's have brown-ish stripes. Plus the foggy forelegs I've seen on IJ quite a bit. Indo's have black legs, Merauke have pretty dark speckled legs.
Plus, the tail isn't really longer than a typical BTS tail -- Merauke tails are VERY long and thin.
The BROWN stripes over a tan back are good hints. Most Indos have black stripes instead of an actual colored stripe. That's not always the case though as many of the gray Merauke's have brown-ish stripes. Plus the foggy forelegs I've seen on IJ quite a bit. Indo's have black legs, Merauke have pretty dark speckled legs.
Plus, the tail isn't really longer than a typical BTS tail -- Merauke tails are VERY long and thin.
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Edward
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Zach wrote:I say it's 100% IJ.
The BROWN stripes over a tan back are good hints. Most Indos have black stripes instead of an actual colored stripe. That's not always the case though as many of the gray Merauke's have brown-ish stripes. Plus the foggy forelegs I've seen on IJ quite a bit. Indo's have black legs, Merauke have pretty dark speckled legs.
Plus, the tail isn't really longer than a typical BTS tail -- Merauke tails are VERY long and thin.
Right on.
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mouseinamilkbottle
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Main difference in the majority of cases is that Easterns have clean forelegs, IJs have patterned ones. Since it's not 100% reliable (some Easterns can have patterns, some IJs clean forelegs), you go to other characteristics. Andrew has an excellent page about Eastern identification!
The skink in the pictures doesn't have a lot of patterning (some IJs have more black than white), but does still have some, as you can see in this one:
The skink in the pictures doesn't have a lot of patterning (some IJs have more black than white), but does still have some, as you can see in this one:
Ruth
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Mum of
Drazil - 126 grams
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Tye - 173 grams
(Four-month-old Easterns)
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Mum of
Drazil - 126 grams
and
Tye - 173 grams
(Four-month-old Easterns)
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Lucifer_Spades
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KyleWeiss wrote:Long don't exclusively make a Merauke... I think more pictures should be in order.
KW
I think you alredy knew what it was your just a glutton for BTS pics.
~*Luce*~
The original Ginger-Ninja! Ka-pow!
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0.0.3 Irian Jaya
Mizu, Izuru, and Battosai (On a Canadian Cruise)
0.0.1 Tanimbar Island
Toulouse (On a Canadian Cruise)
1.1.0 Cats-Simon, Lexi
1.0.0 Husband-Ricky
2.2.0 Kids-Kira, Tiernan, Chayton, and Esmé(aka "The Heathen Hoard" or " The HHH Club")
The original Ginger-Ninja! Ka-pow!
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0.0.3 Irian Jaya
Mizu, Izuru, and Battosai (On a Canadian Cruise)
0.0.1 Tanimbar Island
Toulouse (On a Canadian Cruise)
1.1.0 Cats-Simon, Lexi
1.0.0 Husband-Ricky
2.2.0 Kids-Kira, Tiernan, Chayton, and Esmé(aka "The Heathen Hoard" or " The HHH Club")
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