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Extra Scale?

Postby Tanith » Wed Oct 26, 2011 5:51 pm

I just noticed that Digger has 1 more scale on one side of his face than the other. Is this normal?
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Postby xxmonitorlizardxx » Wed Oct 26, 2011 5:53 pm

Like this?
http://bluetongueskinks.net/forum/viewt ... ose+scales
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Postby Katrina » Wed Oct 26, 2011 5:56 pm

Can you get a picture?
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Postby Tanith » Wed Oct 26, 2011 5:57 pm



No, but i'll get a pic in a few minutes
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Postby Tanith » Wed Oct 26, 2011 6:04 pm

gah! He won't stay still long enough...this may take a while.
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Postby Tanith » Wed Oct 26, 2011 6:18 pm

Here we go! (After the camera almost got eaten and dropped into the water dish!)

Here's a close-up of the scale:
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Here's pictures of both sides of his face:
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Postby xxmonitorlizardxx » Wed Oct 26, 2011 6:22 pm

Like in the link I showed you. It wont hurt the blue its just an extra scale. I guess its not normal... But I cant tell I see a whole lot of scales. :lol:
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Re: Extra Scale?

Postby Edward » Thu Oct 27, 2011 9:56 am

Tanith wrote:I just noticed that Digger has 1 more scale on one side of his face than the other. Is this normal?

If you count them carefully, you'll see that he has one "extra" scale on the left side, as well. It's all perfectly normal - the scales on the side of the face are noted for not being mirror images of each other.
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Re: Extra Scale?

Postby Tanith » Thu Oct 27, 2011 2:17 pm

[quote="EdwardIf you count them carefully, you'll see that he has one "extra" scale on the left side, as well. It's all perfectly normal - the scales on the side of the face are noted for not being mirror images of each other.[/quote]

Ok, thanks. :D
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