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ID my BTS

Postby Wikilala » Fri May 02, 2014 3:36 pm

The care sheet I received at purchase says Tiliqua Scincoides intermedia
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Re: ID my BTS

Postby Jeff » Fri May 02, 2014 3:39 pm

Unfortunately, many skinks are misidentified by the seller. You have a nice Tiliqua gigas evanescence (Merauke) though. Welcome to the forum!
6.10.9 T. s. intermedia
2.2.7 T. s. scincoides
1.2.1 T. nigrolutea
2.2.0 T. r. rugosa
1.2.3 T.g. keyensis
2.0.5 T.s. chimaera
0.0.0. T. occipitalis
0.0.0. T. multifasciata
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Re: ID my BTS

Postby Wikilala » Fri May 02, 2014 5:04 pm

Thank you. merauke. thats what I thought. but I still dont know the sex
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Re: ID my BTS

Postby donkeybuff » Fri May 02, 2014 6:25 pm

A bird's eye view photo is better for sexing. However, you can't be 100% sure of the sex until you see either hemipenes for a male skink or gravidity for a female skink.
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Re: ID my BTS

Postby Katrina » Fri May 02, 2014 7:03 pm

Welcome to the site! :D
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Re: ID my BTS

Postby Wikilala » Sat May 03, 2014 5:01 pm

hows this
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Re: ID my BTS

Postby xxmonitorlizardxx » Sat May 03, 2014 5:15 pm

Pretty Male, Merauke.
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Re: ID my BTS

Postby Wikilala » Sat May 03, 2014 6:18 pm

what is it about the pics thats you use to determin sex?
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Re: ID my BTS

Postby donkeybuff » Sat May 03, 2014 6:38 pm

Actually, I was thinking female. The body shape is kind of girly. Males tend to be a little straighter, while females tend to be a little rounder. ML is probably better at this than I am, though, so I may be wrong :lol:
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Re: ID my BTS

Postby Bluish » Sat May 03, 2014 6:50 pm

Looks girly to me too.
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Re: ID my BTS

Postby Jeff » Sat May 03, 2014 6:56 pm

It looks young to me, and also like it is flattening itself out in the picture. Those things make it more difficult to sex acurately, but it looks male to me.
6.10.9 T. s. intermedia
2.2.7 T. s. scincoides
1.2.1 T. nigrolutea
2.2.0 T. r. rugosa
1.2.3 T.g. keyensis
2.0.5 T.s. chimaera
0.0.0. T. occipitalis
0.0.0. T. multifasciata
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Re: ID my BTS

Postby Richard.C » Sat May 03, 2014 10:30 pm

Im leaning male to
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Re: ID my BTS

Postby Katrina » Sun May 04, 2014 2:30 pm

Very nice looking bluey. I'm saying male as well. :)
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Re: ID my BTS

Postby Hammock » Sun May 04, 2014 4:18 pm

Well, with that many different replies I'll go with female due to the characteristics of its tail shape. A very nice Merauke too.
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Re: ID my BTS

Postby hydra and sandis » Tue May 20, 2014 7:03 pm

super cute :btsnet: :welcome: :ryo: :btsnet2: (if you can't tell I am having fun with smiles)
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