BLUE TONGUE SKINKS

Has anyone seen these around?

KL

Yup. On an Australian BTS group. I can probably tell you who owns it in just a second.

Kel Worley owns this.

Well, to be technical, his son owns it.. Kel posted it originally.

And here are the baby pics I saved from a few years ago.
It looks amazing now !!

O_________O wow, i cant come up with anything better to describe this. Looks cool on so many levels.

Holy crap!

Looks like it needs its nails trimmed!

Did the parents have this pattern?

KL

Very cool! Those are beautiful blotchies!

Dont think parents have that,dont think its geneticlly proven yet either,joe ball has a male with this trait as well,not as nice looking,weather its inheritable is yet to be determined,time will tell,they look cool though

I still like Kim's (and now Jeff's, too) highlands better...that one has me thinking ball python and...yep...

I agree Jason. Those all black and all white blue tongues are nice to look at but I do not like color morphs that are unnatural to the normal patterns and colorations of the species. I don't mind people trying to breed exceptionally colored animals to one another as long as they maintain normal patterns and the species is pure.

KL

I think it is insane! I think the normals are prettier, but seeing something so out of the ordinary is always fascinating to me. I’m pretty sure one of Kim’s lines could be line bred to get a similar result. I will be perfectly happy producing the “normal”, i.e. perfect blotchies though.

I agree. I prefer the look of those with Kim and Jeff together with my own. I really hope blotchies are allowed to maintain their natural integrity without interference from the morph crowd.

I bought two babies from them which were supposed to be their premium ones, paid top dollar, received two inbred mungs that failed to thrive, one died the other I flogged off with a bunch of my other lowest quality babies. I have my own thoughts on the breeding that would have led to this individual animal.

I would love to hear your thoughts Scott. PM?

Wow, incredible aberrant Blotchie! Of course if it's highly inbred, that's an issue, but on a purely overt "what it looks like" level, I think it's really cool.

How are these formed? I have never seen one. Awesome, is that the only one or are there a whole species?

Maxiibon wrote:How are these formed? I have never seen one. Awesome, is that the only one or are there a whole species?

No, just a mutation of a Blotched (Tiliqua nigrolutea).