albino tree skink

[scam7278]

While i was at Mickously's place today checking out all his lizards, he noticed that he had baby tree skinks in one of his enclosures .so as he was removing the babies he lifted a piece of wood and got a great suprise a cute little albino baby it was so cute i couldnt resist and pulled out my phone and took some pics.
cheers
hobbo...................

 

[Trouble]

awsome... I want 1 lol

 

[the_brad]

huh!!!!!!!!!!! awsome suprise!

 

[BT]

micks one very lucky man

 

[Bonustokin]

Wow! thats cool hob, thanks for sharing.
So whats the go... Is there any other albino tree skinks in australia? And... did it just come from normal parents or were they known to be hets for albino or something???
I can never get my head around how a albino can just pop up in a clutch.... if there is a easy way to explain it, please someone explain....

Once again... nice one hobbo!!! Ya should get Mickously to send you the pics by email and you post em

Bill.

 

[BT]

albinism can just happen in one of a clutch though its a 1:40000 chance. the parents don't have to be hets to produce an albino. I think hes got the only one in captivity so it would be worth what ever someone is willing to pay.

 

[BT]

also,
nice looking skink

 

[scam7278]

better keep that to another thread as i dont want this thread closed aswell

cheers
hobbo

 

[wil]

do a search, you will find it somewhere
has an albino line already been bred?

 

[junglepython2]

He must be stoked! What scientific name are they?

 

[GSXR_Boy]

I was going to ask if he is going to breed it but i see it's for sale on another site.

 

[scam7278]

i think its an Egernia Striolata

 

[bump73]

Wow that's awesome

If anyone knows where it's for sale can they P.M. me the details please.

Don't post them here

Ben

 

[Sdaji]

Cool There's an entry up in Link Master about it, including the address of the ad

Congratulations to the owner on getting such a special little baby, how lucky!

It's great to see an albino Tree Skink, this is a heavily poached and currently rarely (genuinely) bred species. The existance of an albino will make people less interested in poached animals as they'll want either an albino or hets (so that when they breed theirs, some of the babies will be albino, something a bit different). This special little critter should eventually lead to a reduction in poaching!

 

[elapid@]

awsome looking skink.
cheers steve

 

[serpenttongue]

It's interesting to note that this skink is found in the Illawarra region, but all the herp books say that they dont.

 

[scam7278]

its not wild caught ,its captive bred

 

[krusty]

that great news he would have been so happy......

 

[MrBredli]

He will be after the cheque clears!

 

[krusty]

will be interesting to see what it sold for........good luck to the new owner.