BLUE TONGUE SKINKS

Hello,

This is my first post on this forum , i got this pair of blue tongue skinks , but i dont seem to know where the locality is.

Maybe you guys can help me ?

Thank you

Hi and welcome ! They are Merauke, an Indonesian species.

splashy07 wrote:Hi and welcome ! They are Merauke, an Indonesian species.

thank you for the answers, i have google it before with merauke keywords, but it looked different, the merauke ones is a little bit dark in coloration.

There is a huge amount of variation when it comes to theses guys, especially when just observing colour and tones alone. Yours are nice examples of meraukes, while some patterning plays a part in identifying them as such, there is also a substantial amount of body shape and conformation which plays a roll in identification. Also keep in mind that while doing an image search, even with keyword 'merauke', the results still yield many images of blueys who are not meraukes, so that could be throwing you off.

Have a look at bluetongueskinks.net they have good descriptions of the defining traits of each species and subspecies. I belive there is also a species specific gallery on here;
viewforum.php?f=25

Locals aren't really a thing when it comes to the indo blueys, with perhaps the exception of the Halmahera. This is likely because it's nearly impossible to tell where the animals where caught from before farmed or exported (this is an assumption on my part, so someone may know better).

tcopitho wrote:There is a huge amount of variation when it comes to theses guys, especially when just observing colour and tones alone. Yours are nice examples of meraukes, while some patterning plays a part in identifying them as such, there is also a substantial amount of body shape and conformation which plays a roll in identification. Also keep in mind that while doing an image search, even with keyword 'merauke', the results still yield many images of blueys who are not meraukes, so that could be throwing you off.

Have a look at bluetongueskinks.net they have good descriptions of the defining traits of each species and subspecies. I belive there is also a species specific gallery on here;
viewforum.php?f=25

Locals aren't really a thing when it comes to the indo blueys, with perhaps the exception of the Halmahera. This is likely because it's nearly impossible to tell where the animals where caught from before farmed or exported (this is an assumption on my part, so someone may know better).

i understood , so the bluey are much more likely to have different colorations even they are from the same locality ?

i appreciate your answers very helpful. since i was new to keeping this beautiful pair.

i will dig more info into that link

Many thanks mate. Cheers