BLUE TONGUE SKINKS

This is Skeeter - my (now confirmed) I.J. 7 years old 12 inches from nose to vent - and such a sweetie I still can't get over it!

Lets see if this works! Thanks to Katrina for all her help - and patience

Hello Skeeter!!!!
Skeeter is very cute! I really like the second picture. The patterning on his/her back is really pretty.

I'm so glad you got it figured out! Skeeter is a great looking IJ, looking forward to seeing lots more pictures in future.

so..how is Irian Jaya pronounced?

I would personally say Ir-ee-an Jay-a, but I could be completely wrong.

Congratulations on the skink, and figuring out how to post pictures. He looks great! Irian Jaya is the current name of the western half of the New Guinea island. The eastern part is Papua New Guinea. It is pronounced: "eer-ee-ahn jah-yah".

Eeriee-an Jie(like die)-uh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVr80XovRaY

xxmonitorlizardxx wrote:Eeriee-an Jie(like die)-uh
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVr80XovRaY

Yeh, I would definitely take the word of some random guy who has a snake over dictionary.com.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Irian+Jaya?s=t

It sounds the same

Yes, I agree with ML and Jeff on this. As for Merauke I have heard people say Mer-auk and others say Mer-au-kee. How do you pronounce it?

mer-oo(like oo-ah or oo it's shiny)-key
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6zlzsxtVvg&feature=fvsr

different people pronounce it differently,like baja alot say bawa,most i have heard use jeffs despription but ive heard ML,s a few times to

potato patato tomato tamato - guess when talking with people "in the know" ref skinks - I will just say I.J.

Sounds like a good plan to me