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Heetoshura
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X shaped pattern

Postby Heetoshura » Tue Sep 30, 2014 8:10 pm

How common is an X shaped band marking on blue tongue skinks?I've only seen a picture of a couple and it makes me curious.
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Re: X shaped pattern

Postby Dakota » Tue Sep 30, 2014 9:21 pm

It isn't all that uncommon, especially with the T. gigas subspecies.
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Re: X shaped pattern

Postby Heetoshura » Tue Sep 30, 2014 9:43 pm

Interesting,and thank you for your response,im still learning and I'm hoping to get my first blue tongue sometime later this year or next year,i would like to get a northern.
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Re: X shaped pattern

Postby DianaBlueTongue » Wed Oct 01, 2014 7:58 am

Ive seen a lot of "x" patterns on northerns onto of the hips right before the tail. My first litter of northerns this year has 3 babies with that little x
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Re: X shaped pattern

Postby Fatal_S » Wed Oct 01, 2014 11:17 am

I named my first litter based on the patterns. There was M, L, O, X, Y, Z, QD, TP (stood for tiny-placenta, not a pattern), XY, etc. It's almost more uncommon to have perfect bands all the way down, or a perfect zig-zag. X's and Y's are very common. O's are somewhat more rare.
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Re: X shaped pattern

Postby Heetoshura » Thu Oct 02, 2014 9:52 am

Good to know:)
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