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From Left to Right:

1. Bubba - unsexed monkey tail skink (purchased from NERD)

2. Sammy- male Irian Jaya (purchased from Michael Smoker) (To be bred with Sausage Girl)

3. Sausage Girl- female Irian Jaya (purchased from Timothy Turner)

4. Sebastian - unsexed Silver Tanimbar Island(purchased from Ray Gurgui)

5. Don Henley- male Indonesian (purchased from Timothy Turner)

6. Ginger- unsexed Kei (purchased from Greg Nilles) (Thought to be first litter of Captive Bred Kei Island Blue Tongue Skinks in the U.S.)

Hope you all like! SKINKS ROCK!!!!

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0.0.1 Corucia (Bubba)
1.0 Indonesian Blue Tongue Skink (Don)
1.1 Irian Jaya Blue Tongue Skink(Sammy) & (Sausage Girl)
0.0.1 Tanimbar Island Blue Tongue Skink ( Spunky Sebastian)
0.0.1 Ornate Uro (Spike)
1.0.1 Green Tree Pythons ( Male=Floyd, Baby= Verdi)
0.1 Western Hognose (Piggy)
0.0.1 Egyptian Tortiose(Tank)
0.0.1 Sonoran Gopher snake ( Toro)
0.1 Albino Leo gecko (Sasha)

Is your silver phase Tanimbar like the ones which were produced from Jeff Lemm's Silver phase pairs (now called white phased) from a couple of years ago and do they have any brown pigmentation at all?

I wasn't aware of such a line. Theres not many "bloodlines" when it comes to BTS. Many tanimbars turn silver, this one was from Ray Gurgui, a friend of mine has a sibling to this and shes like snow white!
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0.0.1 Corucia (Bubba)
1.0 Indonesian Blue Tongue Skink (Don)
1.1 Irian Jaya Blue Tongue Skink(Sammy) & (Sausage Girl)
0.0.1 Tanimbar Island Blue Tongue Skink ( Spunky Sebastian)
0.0.1 Ornate Uro (Spike)
1.0.1 Green Tree Pythons ( Male=Floyd, Baby= Verdi)
0.1 Western Hognose (Piggy)
0.0.1 Egyptian Tortiose(Tank)
0.0.1 Sonoran Gopher snake ( Toro)
0.1 Albino Leo gecko (Sasha)

And Ray got his adults from James Wilson.
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0.0.1 Corucia (Bubba)
1.0 Indonesian Blue Tongue Skink (Don)
1.1 Irian Jaya Blue Tongue Skink(Sammy) & (Sausage Girl)
0.0.1 Tanimbar Island Blue Tongue Skink ( Spunky Sebastian)
0.0.1 Ornate Uro (Spike)
1.0.1 Green Tree Pythons ( Male=Floyd, Baby= Verdi)
0.1 Western Hognose (Piggy)
0.0.1 Egyptian Tortiose(Tank)
0.0.1 Sonoran Gopher snake ( Toro)
0.1 Albino Leo gecko (Sasha)

Is this the kind you were speaking of?: http://home.earthlink.net/~griffith10/tanim3.jpg

Heres the sibling to mine, owned by Zach Griffith of BTS.net:

http://bluetongueskinks.net/tarzan5.jpg
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0.0.1 Corucia (Bubba)
1.0 Indonesian Blue Tongue Skink (Don)
1.1 Irian Jaya Blue Tongue Skink(Sammy) & (Sausage Girl)
0.0.1 Tanimbar Island Blue Tongue Skink ( Spunky Sebastian)
0.0.1 Ornate Uro (Spike)
1.0.1 Green Tree Pythons ( Male=Floyd, Baby= Verdi)
0.1 Western Hognose (Piggy)
0.0.1 Egyptian Tortiose(Tank)
0.0.1 Sonoran Gopher snake ( Toro)
0.1 Albino Leo gecko (Sasha)

Hi,
Bubba is very cute. Do you know Bubba's approximate age? When did you get Bubba? I was not aware NERD still sold Corucia, or did you purchase Bubba a while ago? I have heard good things about NERD, did you enjoy dealing with them? Was Bubba healthy at the time of purchase? Sorry for all of the questions, just curious. jrbl

I got Bubba mid-november at the NARBC Philadelphia. NERD was fine to deal with although I usually prefer to support hobbyists who are breeding rather than corps. He is and was in fine health. I believe he is around 6 months.
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0.0.1 Corucia (Bubba)
1.0 Indonesian Blue Tongue Skink (Don)
1.1 Irian Jaya Blue Tongue Skink(Sammy) & (Sausage Girl)
0.0.1 Tanimbar Island Blue Tongue Skink ( Spunky Sebastian)
0.0.1 Ornate Uro (Spike)
1.0.1 Green Tree Pythons ( Male=Floyd, Baby= Verdi)
0.1 Western Hognose (Piggy)
0.0.1 Egyptian Tortiose(Tank)
0.0.1 Sonoran Gopher snake ( Toro)
0.1 Albino Leo gecko (Sasha)

I prefer the first one.On the left side!lol!

Great family, congratulations!!I do love Skinks, too.I have a Croc Skink too.

I still was wondering if your Silver Phase Tanimbar has any brown pigmentation in it. It looks like a great animal and it reminds me of a skink I had purchased a couple of years ago from All Things Reptilian that was completely colored in varying degrees of gray with absolutely no brown or tan anywhere on the body. I've not seen any advertised anymore and have been looking for another one. Do you know of any that are for sale?

Kim

Yes he has some brown but he is still young and I expect him to lighten up considerably. Ray Gurgui's adults are related to those of Jeff Lemm and although not quite as amazing they are very nice looking. Ray Gurgui still has some I think and you can contact him through Bluetongueskinks.net

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0.0.1 Corucia (Bubba)
1.0 Indonesian Blue Tongue Skink (Don)
1.1 Irian Jaya Blue Tongue Skink(Sammy) & (Sausage Girl)
0.0.1 Tanimbar Island Blue Tongue Skink ( Spunky Sebastian)
0.0.1 Ornate Uro (Spike)
1.0.1 Green Tree Pythons ( Male=Floyd, Baby= Verdi)
0.1 Western Hognose (Piggy)
0.0.1 Egyptian Tortiose(Tank)
0.0.1 Sonoran Gopher snake ( Toro)
0.1 Albino Leo gecko (Sasha)

Actually he is all silver just some darker shades. Here is an accurate pic contrasting with my IJ.

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0.0.1 Corucia (Bubba)
1.0 Indonesian Blue Tongue Skink (Don)
1.1 Irian Jaya Blue Tongue Skink(Sammy) & (Sausage Girl)
0.0.1 Tanimbar Island Blue Tongue Skink ( Spunky Sebastian)
0.0.1 Ornate Uro (Spike)
1.0.1 Green Tree Pythons ( Male=Floyd, Baby= Verdi)
0.1 Western Hognose (Piggy)
0.0.1 Egyptian Tortiose(Tank)
0.0.1 Sonoran Gopher snake ( Toro)
0.1 Albino Leo gecko (Sasha)