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Species?

Postby Tootrue14 » Sat Feb 09, 2013 8:04 pm

First post!

Recently bought a bts and I'm wondering if you guys could tell me the gender/species?
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Re: Species?

Postby Kurt » Sat Feb 09, 2013 9:05 pm

my vote is eastern? probably an irian jaya tho.
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Re: Species?

Postby taniya91 » Sat Feb 09, 2013 11:29 pm

id say IJ but i could be wrong
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Re: Species?

Postby Tootrue14 » Sun Feb 10, 2013 7:04 am

Are there other pictures I could provide that would give you a more accurate idea?
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Re: Species?

Postby Linnea » Sun Feb 10, 2013 7:37 am

i say IJ as well. it has a little eastern look going there, but easterns are rare. wait for more of the moderators and experienced keepers to log on to give you more accurate information.

If you want the gender guessed, you will need to provide a full body picture directly from above, and one from the side (taken on a flat surface so theres no angling). as there is no way of directly telling the gender of a bluey without either seeing hemiphenes/sperm plugs or by breeding, the guess will still provide some idea of what you can expect.
what is looked at on the photo is mainly the body proportions together.

hope this helped :D stay put for more info.
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Re: Species?

Postby xxmonitorlizardxx » Sun Feb 10, 2013 10:48 am

IJ x Northern?
It definitely has IJ influence in it.
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Re: Species?

Postby Spindown » Sun Feb 10, 2013 1:17 pm

I just want to say....WOW! whatever it is, goooorgeous :D
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Re: Species?

Postby Katrina » Sun Feb 10, 2013 1:47 pm

I don't know - I'm not the best with Eastern vs IJ, so I'll let some of the Eastern keepers chime in... but I'm not seeing Northern or any obvious IJ.

It is definitely very gorgeous!
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Re: Species?

Postby Tootrue14 » Sun Feb 10, 2013 1:57 pm

Thanks for the replies guys! I'm gonna supply more pictures shortly. Appreciate the effort thus far!
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Re: Species?

Postby Tootrue14 » Sun Feb 10, 2013 2:25 pm

More pics!
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Re: Species?

Postby donkeybuff » Sun Feb 10, 2013 9:40 pm

Looks like an IJxNorthern.
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Re: Species?

Postby Richard.C » Mon Feb 11, 2013 2:47 am

How peculiar,birds eye view looks ij,side on alot northern,its a nice looking specimen

I think the guru,(ml) has it spot on,looks like an ij cross northern,but if a cross could have anything in it,i dig its banded back legs,reminds me of centralians
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Re: Species?

Postby kenn » Mon Feb 11, 2013 8:07 am

Richard.C wrote:the guru,(ml)

:rofl:

I love this skink! Very nice animal!
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Re: Species?

Postby xxmonitorlizardxx » Tue Feb 12, 2013 3:51 pm

Richard.C wrote:the guru,(ml)

:dork:
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Re: Species?

Postby Richard.C » Tue Feb 12, 2013 10:07 pm

You just ruined your guru status ,ml,by donning that white princess head piece,lol
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Re: Species?

Postby Spindown » Mon Feb 18, 2013 5:25 pm

ROFL
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Re: Species?

Postby Kbell31 » Wed Feb 20, 2013 12:19 am

WANT
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