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Please help identify this BT skink's locale / type?

ttreptile1 Aug 27, 2003 07:29 PM

I am purchasing this female along with a similar male from a locale guy in PA. He does not know the type of blue tongue that they are. They are from seperate clutches from different parents and are about a year old. They both are extremely friendly and good eaters. The male has begun mounting the female as of late. The female has a very pink / rosy colored belly. I am a python guy and not to familar with these guys and would appreciate any help placing their type / locale. The picture isn't the best quality, sorry.

TT

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Replies (3)

rich_123 Aug 27, 2003 07:35 PM

It definitely looks like a New Guinea BTS (T. Gigas). But considering its pale coloration, it could possibly be a Merauke BTS, which is a subspecies of the New Guinea BTS.

Edward Aug 28, 2003 11:54 AM

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James Wilson Aug 29, 2003 01:34 AM

It is an Indonesian BTS (Tiliqua gigas), and (more specifically) it very much looks to be a the subspecies that I refer to as the Merauke Faded BTS (Tiliqua gigas evanescens).

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