halmaheras vs indonesians

[Scincoides]

Halmahera type Indos are pretty amazing animals. I wouldn't say that they are more rare though. This season I have seen more Indos with the halmahera look than standard Indos. As a matter of fact, I've only seen one or two Indonesians lately that look anything like the standard animals that have been imported for years.

[Richard.C]

i wouldnt say halmaheras look better either,some indos look pretty amazing to,where as some plainer looking ones of either look blander in comparison

classoc example being yellow indo dakota posted earlier,thats my fave looking one in this thread,everyones got different tastes

[Scincoides]

I agree Richard, that yellow Indo is amazing. You don't see hardly any colorful standard Indos anymore, which is a shame.

[sdraiders619]

Haha I was jk guys. Both animals are beautiful! If I had the room I would have one of each kind of bts

[Richard.C]

im being biased to,as im a fan of yellow,lol

but theres some stunning examples of all species/subspecies out there,prob being more than u can poke a stick at

[DLL]

This might be a odd question but do indo/halmaheras have the same shade of blue as other BTS like the northern?

[Scotts1au]

What?

[Richard.C]

maybe asking is tongue color similar ???

[donkeybuff]

Indos (including halmaheras) have a blue tongue that gradually fades to pink at the back of their mouth.

[DLL]

This might be a odd question but do indo/halmaheras have the same shade of blue Tongue as other BTS like the northern?

Forgot to add tongue oops


This looks a lot diffrent then this one

[donkeybuff]

Shingles have very dark tongues. An indo's tongue won't be quite as fluorescent as that IJ's tongue, but it will still be a nice bright blue.

[DLL]

Speaking of Irian Jaya, does anyone have some pics of theres?

[DLL]

Well after doing more research i am now looking at a IJ but the problem with them is some look like indos and others look like northerns. Any idea why this is?

[donkeybuff]

IJs are often mislabeled, so you will see very many Meraukes and Indos labeled as IJs.
http://www.bluetongueskinks.net/irian10.jpg
This is the typical patterning for an IJ. The thickness of the bands and the speckling on the legs is fairly constant in IJs. Notice that the front legs are mostly white; Indos and Meraukes will have solid black or black with white speckled legs.

[Toria Dawn]

I have an Irian Jaya!! Oooh yay another chance to show of pics of Roy!!

[Scincoides]

Ooh another chance to look at pictures of Roy! He's such a cool skink

[Toria Dawn]

Thank you!!

[DLL]

very nice pic!

I love the black color of the indos but there tongue just isn't the blue i am realy looking for so now i am looking at the IJ

[Dakota]

I have kept/keep IJ's, Meraukes, and Halmaheras, and they have the same colored tongue. That photo looked super edited on the IJ. They have a bright blue tongue, just not as vibrant as some of the Aussie species..

IJ:



Merauke:



Halm:
Same as the rest, don't have any photos.

The most different thing is the amount of blue, T. gigas have much less blue than a Cenetralian for example.

Different lighting causes for different shades, trust me, they are the same color, it is more of a specimen thing, not species.. IMO

[DLL]

Those are some nice tongues :p
In every video i have seen of indos they have very little blue and the rest pink.