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I thought I'd share these photos with you...particularly Edward as promised. These are shots of my BTS. A couple were taken in their new outdoor enclosure. I had two old, concrete cold frames once used for vegetables. I made PVC pipe frames and covered those with hardware cloth. There are several burrows under the rocks and I added a large, shallow water pan.

These were given to me. Can anyone help nail down the subspecies/species ID?

Thank you,

Brian

PS: I'll post a photo of the whole enclosure when I can chop it down to the photo gallery data limit.

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Those are Irian jaya BTS (Tiliqua scincoides ssp.) I guess if they were housed together for a while the odds of havign 2 males are remote sicne they havent beat the crap out of each other yet, but I would definitely watch for that if the plan is to keep em together. Look fine to me tho
Justin

n/p

They were kept together for several years before they were given to me. They have no scars and even have all their toes.

Thanks for the info,

Brian

np
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Craig Loose
The Blue Tongue Pages

What characteristics do you look for to distinguish those 2 sub species? I was also given a pair that very much resemble these, and i just assumed that they were I-Js. I dont have a digital camera, but I'd really like to correctly ID my own now. Tks
Justin

Take a close look at the species section on my web-site.

Biggest tip off is the front legs, as in they are completely unmottled. Tanimbars and IJ's share a lot of common characterstics, as do several BT (sub)species.

The front legs, combined with the neck coloration, and scale appearance made me say Tanimbar.
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Craig Loose
The Blue Tongue Pages

Nice Job! Eve

They look really nice Eve