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Corucia Zebrata-(Solomon Skinks) Born 3/28-29/04
 

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Congratulations!

You said "babies" so I take that as "twins" or did you have multiple females giving birth?
 
multiple females

We have 9 females 3 males. 2-3 more females are gravid. We hope to produce "lime" and "turquoise" phases this year.
 
nice breeding group you have there, Is it true that these skinks are no longer imported? I rember a few years ago they where like 60 bucks at the pet shop.

how many babys did you produce this year? these also give live birth like blue toungs right? I would love to get an unrelated pair let me know.
 
In the late 70's a few specimens trickled out of the Solomons. On price lists at that time they were quite expensive.....1,500.00 each and that was in the late 70's as I mentioned. Then in the early 80's a few indonesian dealers set up in the Solomons and started exporting. It got to the point where up to 2000 specimens or more were being exported each month. Prices were as low as 17.00 each. I however, disagree with the belief that they can sustain this level of wild harvest. This species is a live bearer with 1-2 babies being born every 2-3 years. Not exactly prolific! Every thing about this species centers around adaptation to isolated insular environments.
 
I know you probly dont like me becuse of a lot of other things going on with other threads, but i was thinking of purchaseing a few females that are gravid and was thinking of getting a male, do you know where i can find a good quality male? also what sighns can i check for to see if they are really gravid. you seem to be really good with this speices and i have loved them since i had one for a pet had to be over 10 years ago. so any other tips or adive you can give me would great. thanks a lot
 
I may not agree with you Vince but, I can't say it goes to dislike. In regards to the skinks I would be happy to help out. It would make quite a long thread which at the moment I can't go into. I will reply here in detail when I have more time and maybe I can post some pics with the stages of development and sexing.
 
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