BLUE TONGUE SKINKS

I've finally got my hands on a new Bluey. I really could not be happier.

I had a lot of emails out to a lot of people regarding babies, or even young BTS in general. Most came back negative, some with alarmingly limited info, and many simply didn't respond at all. As a last shot in the dark, I made a few phone calls to exotic pet stores in my general area, not really expecting anyone to have them (haven't seen a BTS in a pet store since I first encountered one 8 years ago). One actually had one, and I was just shocked to death. Drove 40 minutes JUST to see it. Handled it and loved it right away. No missing toes or battle scars, and no bugs that I could find.

So! Since the employee there knew zilch about him/her, I wanted to ask you guys for a guess on the type and sex. This one is absolutely not for breeding or anything of the like, so sex ID is purely for naming purposes. I just have a feeling your guys' educated guesses will be better than mine, since my only experience with BTS have been with the ONE I've had for 7 years.

Type?
Sex?
WHAT TO NAME?!






Belly is pretty orange, though you can't really tell from this awful lighting. Under the chin as well.


A few oddly colored scales on the top of the head. They don't look like they shed when the rest came off, which the employee said was some 10 days ago.

Definitely a merauke!!!

yeah what monitor said,nice looking specimen to,not sure on sex though,can be tricky to tell with pics,can u get a birds eye pic with it stretched out straight,still looks like it has some growing to do so might be tricky to sex anyways,if all else fails a name to suit either sex comes in handy,lol

Those 3 ugly scales off his/her head just pulled off when I brushed a finger over them. Good to see uniform color underneath.

I'll try to get a better overhead picture. He/she is quite a worm though, and it was hard enough to get the clear pictures I did, lol.

Definitely still has growing to do. Was a lot smaller than I thought I was going to get out of a random pet store, which is actually great, because I get to watch some of that growing take place.

Thank you for the ID! Wish I could get a better picture of the gorgeous underbelly coloring. We'll try both of those pictures tomorrow.