Yellow morph Sleepy

[westaussie]

I am the only one in W.A with this colour form at the moment.

 

[diamond_python]

Gobsmacked!!!!!!! :shock:

 

[Gabe]

Ahhhhh, it's on fire!! :wink:
:shock: One of the best i've seen!!
How/where did you get it?

 

[westaussie]

Gabe - I am a licenced dealer and was issued with the first pet takers licence in W.A

I have quite a collection of W.A reptiles.

 

[Guest]

Wow they are amazing. ever heard of swap and don't tell :lol: .

 

[jimmy_the_kid]

goergous skink there west aussie

 

[RAZZA]

Agree west aussie one hell of a nice stumpie


cheers

 

[Nome]

Incredible skink westaussie!

There were some orange ones for sale on Herptrader a while back. unfortunately at the time I wasn't in the position to buy any.

 

[Fuscus]

Anyone wanting yellow phase sleepies better get onto the herptrader right quick.

The ones on herp trader are just the "Normal" Adalaide colors. Nice skinks though.

 

[teza]

Here is a pic of a Sleepy I found one afternoon in Longreach QLD ...

 

[Guest]

I know i didnt have a sheltered childhood, but i have never ever seen a sleepy in the wild!!

 

[Magpie]

looks like a nice but normal eastern suburbs bob-tail to me west aussie

 

[Fuscus]

Re: RE: Yellow morph Sleepy

I know i didnt have a sheltered childhood, but i have never ever seen a sleepy in the wild!!

They are a dry area animal (hence their liking for SA). Head south west to, say, broken hill or renmark.
I remember driving along the QLD/NSW border and was rapt in seeing one about 1,000 km into the trip. Down here, if you want to photgraph one, you need to push three out of the way.

 

[craig.a.c]

RE: Re: RE: Yellow morph Sleepy

We get a few around this way. Gets real dry here in summer, snakes galore (even if they are only browns that i see)

The 'sleepy' is a shingle back right? Don't the pair for life?

 

[Fuscus]

Re: RE: Re: RE: Yellow morph Sleepy

The 'sleepy' is a shingle back right?

right

Don't the pair for life?

right again. One of the problems with sleepies is that they can be reluctant to pair up when adult

 

[NoOne]

Wild yes....captivity no......come breeding season if shingles are kept in large colonies they will mate with who ever the hell they fell like.....randy little blitters

 

[westaussie]

looks like a nice but normal eastern suburbs bob-tail to me west aussie

Not at all Magie. You will not find this colour form within 400 kms of perth.

Here is an example of the perth colour form that you may find in the hills or eastern suburbs but they are nothing like the black & red form.

 

[Sdaji]

WOW! That stumpy is amazing!!!

 

[Nome]

Wild yes....captivity no......come breeding season if shingles are kept in large colonies they will mate with who ever the hell they fell like.....randy little blitters

Very true indeed, sad to break the myth of pairing for life, but in colonies, they do not seem to practise monogamy.

 

[peterescue]

chocolate chip anyone