Please help me Identify this Skink

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dan93
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Please help me Identify this Skink

Postby dan93 » Wed Oct 26, 2016 1:14 pm

Hi everyone,

Would anyone be kind enough to help me identify this BTS?
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Re: Please help me Identify this Skink

Postby splashy07 » Wed Oct 26, 2016 4:42 pm

The lack of patterning on the front legs makes me lean towards Queensland eastern, but the Easterns north of NSW can be extremely difficult to differentiate from Irian Jayas. Beautiful skink, regardless. If you were here in the states I'd probably be thinking IJ as Easterns are uncommon here, and if you get one you will probably know you are getting one as they ar quite pricey. Anyone else have any ideas on this one? There's a lot of hybridization going on out there so that makes it even more difficult if you do not know the breeder's bloodlines. If it is an import it's anyone's guess. Whatever, I wouldn't have walked past it, he's a beauty!
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Re: Please help me Identify this Skink

Postby dan93 » Thu Oct 27, 2016 1:18 pm

Thanks for your reply, I really appreciate it.
Anyone else have an idea?
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Re: Please help me Identify this Skink

Postby Dakota » Thu Oct 27, 2016 1:37 pm

Irian Jaya is my vote.
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Re: Please help me Identify this Skink

Postby alichamp » Fri Oct 28, 2016 11:43 pm

Is this guy yours? I doubt it is an Australian skink but a top down shot would help me confirm perhaps. Beautiful though.
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Re: Please help me Identify this Skink

Postby dan93 » Sun Oct 30, 2016 2:26 pm

No she is for sale, I wanted to identify her before I made a decision on whether to purchase her or not. I will ask for a picture from above :) thanks for your help
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Re: Please help me Identify this Skink

Postby Kugelberg » Mon Oct 31, 2016 1:45 pm

To me it looks like a northern - T. s. intermedia.
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