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"Speck"

Postby Ophidiophile » Tue May 27, 2014 5:48 pm

Took a few photos of my weird speckled Kei Island male "Speck" this morning. He's so different from all of my others. Here's just a couple:

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Re: "Speck"

Postby Katrina » Tue May 27, 2014 6:11 pm

Absolutely gorgeous!!! Love these, thanks for sharing!
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Postby Richard.C » Tue May 27, 2014 6:57 pm

X2,hes a ripper,gigas equibelent of kimberley northerns with all those speckles,love the speckly face
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Postby xxmonitorlizardxx » Tue May 27, 2014 7:10 pm

X3, reminds me of the inside of a kiwi.
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Re: "Speck"

Postby Seadation » Tue May 27, 2014 8:21 pm

That guy looks amazing. I never thought much of Kei Islands until I got to see them in person for the first time this weekend and they are absolutely spectacular skinks they have an awesome glow and shine to them unlike other skinks I have seen.
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Postby donkeybuff » Tue May 27, 2014 10:42 pm

Beautiful! He looks like a substantially sized animal as well.
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Postby Coomassie » Wed May 28, 2014 4:58 am

I'm keeping my fingers cross that you breed him some day.....
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Postby Autumn » Wed May 28, 2014 9:17 am

He's pretty!
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Re: "Speck"

Postby Noah H. » Wed May 28, 2014 10:39 am

I love the coloring!
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Re: "Speck"

Postby Ophidiophile » Wed May 28, 2014 2:45 pm

Thanks all. He came in back in November 2013 with the only shipment of Keis that's hit the US in about 3 years. That shipment also had newborn Keis. Since they produced in November in the Southern Hemisphere, by my calculations they should be breeding there in June or July. Since my 3 adults are probably still on a Southern Hemisphere schedule, just this week I've begun raining on them and raising their humidity to see if I can spur on some breeding next month or so. It's worth a try anyway...
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Re: "Speck"

Postby Jeff » Wed May 28, 2014 10:54 pm

That is a very cool looking skink. For some reason he reminds me of a salamander.

Seadation wrote:...I never thought much of Kei Islands until I got to see them in person...
I was not crazy about Keis either until I saw some in person either. Of all the species that I have seen in person, I think Keis may be the ones hardest to depict accurately in pictures. They never look as good in pictures as they do in person.
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Re: "Speck"

Postby kl » Thu May 29, 2014 8:11 am

Jeff, you described it perfectly. It does look like a large salamander.

Dave needs to get rid of it quickly and give it to me.

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