Is it "New merauke"? or Irian jaya?

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Is it "New merauke"? or Irian jaya?

Postby whdduf10 » Sat Oct 20, 2018 11:21 am

Hi guys, im korean.

There is very little information about BTS in Korea.

and most of BTS in korea are Halmahera.
So, other species have more less information.

It may be an easy question for you, but please ! :wink:
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Re: Merauke? Irian jaya? -from korea

Postby Taliats » Sun Oct 21, 2018 9:31 am

My guess would be Irian Jaya as that is what mine is and she looks exactly like yours.


I may be wrong though so I'll leave it to other people to confirm.
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Re: Merauke? Irian jaya? -from korea

Postby whdduf10 » Sun Oct 21, 2018 11:20 am

Thank you very much for your reply :thumbs:

I also think it's IJ, but he got a one stripe pattern back of neck and black front legs with white speckles.

is it new merauke? Hybrid?

I'll wait for other people's opinions.
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Re: Merauke? Irian jaya? -from korea

Postby whdduf10 » Sun Oct 21, 2018 11:27 am

Here are some other pictures.
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Re: Is it "New merauke"? or Irian jaya?

Postby lunarisx » Tue Oct 23, 2018 10:32 am

Looks like Merauke. Irian jaya have more coloration.
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Re: Is it "New merauke"? or Irian jaya?

Postby splashy07 » Wed Oct 24, 2018 5:44 am

Agree, looks more Merauke to me too, but IJs can be quite variable. There are also many Merauke/IJ crosses going around that are labelled as 'New Meraukes' as their correct lineage is more than likely unknown. Care for Meraukes/IJs would be the same, so no worries with that.
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Re: Is it "New merauke"? or Irian jaya?

Postby xxmonitorlizardxx » Wed Oct 24, 2018 10:37 am

Looks like a IJ x Merauke cross.
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Re: Is it "New merauke"? or Irian jaya?

Postby Scincoides » Fri Oct 26, 2018 3:13 pm

In my opinion the animal shows trait of both Irian Jaya and Merauke
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Re: Is it "New merauke"? or Irian jaya?

Postby mb606587 » Fri Oct 26, 2018 7:31 pm

Personally I see more Irian Jaya in this animal than classic Merauke. If I had to pick one over the other, I'd lean more towards IJ, but so many of the Indonesian species, especially the IJ have been crossbred over the years, I would have to agree that you have an Irian Jaya with some Merauke influence
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