Northern BTS courtship and copulation photos

[James Wilson]

My Northerns are finally breeding. The female (Shela) is the same female that I had bred last year. I have other younger animals that I suspect are female, but do not want to breed them too early). The male is a 2010 Skink from Jeff named Outback, and it is his first year to breed. He was a bit confused at first, but he is starting to get it all figured out now. He has the brightest orange color on him that I have ever seen, and I think he will make some nice babies with Shela. Thanks Jeff!

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[critterguy]

Outback is looking good!

That bub I got from you last year is a pretty close match for her mom!

I've had some luck with my male Billy as well. 3 matings 2 females. He's got a really peachy coloration to him.

Take it Walkabout is not seeing any action?

[Richard.C]

looking good james,lovely looking pr to

[Katrina]

Great looking pair, there will be some gorgeous babies!

[StaceyLeigh]

2 gorgeous looking adults, can't wait to see the little ones. I am sure they will be stunning!

[Kbell31]

I LOL when I looked at the second picture. That face on the female like "Geez, is it over yet?!!! Haha, it was kinda familiar.....

[James Wilson]

I got a quick photo of them yesterday going at it for their 5th time. They had a go at it for their 6th time today as well, but I was not able to get the camera.

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[Katrina]

Congrats, they are gorgeous!! 6 matings is great, should be some very nice looking babies.

Her back doesn't look to badly chewed up for 5 matings, the male must be very efficient. I'm jealous, wish he was at my house 3-4 weeks ago!

I'm sure Richard will be concerned about the carpet burn.

[xxmonitorlizardxx]

How many pairs do you have?

[James Wilson]

How many pairs do you have?

Not sure yet. As many here know, I took a break for a few years from keeping any reptiles (aside from the ones that lived in my yard here and in Hawaii), and I have only just recently (2010) started keeping BTS again thanks to Jeff and Andrew. I currently have 7 Northerns. I know that out of that the group of seven, I have a reverse trio (2.1) that are sexually mature. But the other 4 are still a bit too young to be 100% sure of their sex. That being said, out of that remaining 4, they look to be a group of 2.2. So I may end up being a little male heavy, but not too bad in the end.

[Jeff]

sounds like we both need to keep some babies long enough to sex them this year. I would love to trade a female for the right male if you know what I mean.

[kl]

That orange Northern is beautiful.

Kim

[James Wilson]

That orange Northern is beautiful. Kim

Thank you kim, I have Jeff to thank for that guy. Thanks again Jeff! Here is another photo of him playing in the sand crabs at the beach.

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[James Wilson]

sounds like we both need to keep some babies long enough to sex them this year. I would love to trade a female for the right male if you know what I mean.

Jeff, NO trades! You get whatever you like from whatever I produce. That's the deal.

[Karen]

Beautiful animals. I'll have my work cut out for me figuring out who to buy from this baby season.

[James Wilson]

Beautiful animals. I'll have my work cut out for me figuring out who to buy from this baby season.

Thank you Karen!

[Richard.C]

karen get one from each of them,lol,that female looks quite sizable james,its head looks bigger than the males in the pics

[Karen]

karen get one from each of them,lol,that female looks quite sizable james,its head looks bigger than the males in the pics

Gah, don't put any ideas in my head.

I wish both of them good luck though!

[Richard.C]

lol,yes,watch out for carpet burn