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what type is this? northern,indo,jaya ?

Looks like an Irian Jaya Blue Tongued Skink.
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PHLdyPayne

the folks at bluetongue.net say Merauke

It definitely looks like a Merauke to me, serpent like head, single neck stripe, thin bands, and most of all a very long tail in proportion to body length. Although many of these features are quite subjective, in combination they provide at least a good guess at identification. Oh, and one more feature, the front legs are multicolored, and the scales on the top of the head are not clearly defined by black lines as in an Indonesian. If you post a full body photograph as well as one of the side of the head, and one of the belly, we may be able to give you a more definitive identification.

ANY GUESS ON ITS AGE?

Now that I see a belly shot, pretty sure Merauke's are the only one that have that reddish-orange underbelly.

As for age...if its full grown, no way to visually tell as far as I know.
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PHLdyPayne

It's a Merauke.

Meraukes aren't the only ones with orange.pink.red underbellies either. Easterns have it,actually, quite a few species have it.
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'In Nothing We Trust'

Deffo a Merauke blue tongue skink(Tiliqua gigas evanescens).