western pics for jeff thread,post away peoples

[Richard.C]

20131226_130822-1.jpg

Geraldton wa pr

[mark_w]

They are really beautiful Rich. The WA occis are possibly my favourites of the lot.

Mark.

[Dakota]

I like the replicated chromosomes in their bands.

[Richard.C]

One of the nicest types ive seen was a north west victorian/sw nsw one,just from pics,bright yellow with light brown banding

The alicesprings and northern Sa ones are very very nice looking to,truth be told there all pretty nice,lots of variety in them

[Nae]

[Tom]

They are gorgeous Nae and Richard. Thanks for posting pics. More please!

What are their temperaments like in comparison to other BTs?

How common are they in the natural range? Over here we have fence swifts that I see dozens of every day. Then we have alligator skinks which are rarer, but you could find several a day if you knew where to look. Then there are some lizards which are reported to live here that I have never seen, or only very rarely.

If I went for a nature walk in Alice springs, would I be very likely to see a Western BTS?

[Richard.C]

Never seen wild ones but reportedly they are common in alot of there range but cryptic so not as easily found as other species,though they come from more sparsely populated areas which probably explains that to

[Sebastian]

Something about those black masks and black noses is just so endearing to me. I wish these were bred in Canada!

[RoryBreaker]

Here's a few more.....













cheers

[Richard.C]

Looking great rory,your sa ones look more colorful then the one i used to have,babies look great to

My males shedding right now so when done will post some more of him

Ps,whats that last one?

[Richard.C]

20140204_111010-1.jpg

20140204_110921-1.jpg

20140204_110850-1.jpg

[Jeff]

Now that's more like it!

[donkeybuff]

I want occis so bad! Too bad the last time they were for sale here, I would have had to sell my car to buy one...

[RoryBreaker]

Looking great rory,your sa ones look more colorful then the one i used to have,babies look great to

My males shedding right now so when done will post some more of him

Ps,whats that last one?

It's supposed to be a Victorian. It has been fighting with its mate, hence the jaw issue, but it's just about cleared up now.

[Richard.C]

Very cool,has got that honey combish coloring,i was thinking northern sa but i guess they can be similar,most are more like that ones tail all over though,that ive seen

[Seadation]

Wow awesome skinks.

[Richard.C]

20140204_163556-2.jpg

20140204_163638-1.jpg

20140204_163612-1.jpg

20140204_163652-1.jpg

Freshly shed male,hopefully his lumpy gut partner pops soon and i have baby pics to show to

This males 3rd shed since brumation,females had one shed around a week ago since wake up ,still puffing away,gerting tempted to squeeze her,lol

[spandangle]

Awesome pics! Keep them coming all.

[spandangle]

Nae,

Do you know the locality form of this fella? Just interested as it looks very similar to Richard's Geraldton form. Very nice.

[spandangle]

Never seen wild ones but reportedly they are common in alot of there range but cryptic so not as easily found as other species,though they come from more sparsely populated areas which probably explains that to

Besides the Pygmy, I think the westerns and centrals are the hardest to find in the wild. They aren't exactly the common backyard bluey. In the 3.5 years I have lived in WA, I have not heard of anyone finding a western in their suburban yards. Plenty of shingles, but not westerns.

I was originally from the Hunter Region NSW and as you can imagine Easterns were almost as common as the Garden Skink. Likewise, in the short time I lived in Darwin, the Northerns were commonly found just around parks and front yard gardens. Here in Perth, the shinglebacks are just as common in the yard. On the other hand, I lived in Alice Springs for over 3 years and only ever came across 2 wild centrals and they were out of town. One of them I found near Glen Helen in the winter, the other was 70 km east of Alice in the summer after some heavy rain. The Centrals were rare and you would have almost Buckley chance in finding them in suburbia.