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Edwin
07-26-04, 11:44 PM
I am trying to ID this croc...

Edwin
07-26-04, 11:48 PM
Another pic:

VooDooMafia
07-26-04, 11:58 PM
The Pics are dark but I almost wanna say oronoco.

Can I ask were you took the pic or got it from? that might help out alittle more.

KrokadilyanGuy3
07-27-04, 01:46 PM
The color of the skin, the amount of blotches, looks to me to be a yellow saltwater. By chance do you have a close up of the side of the body and of the nape?
Xain

Edwin
07-27-04, 03:29 PM
Sorry Xain, unfortunately these are the only pics I have. Voodoo, the pics were taken at a small reptile farm in Malaysia. It is definitely a local species, which narrows it down to either the siamese or saltwater crocodile, or possibly a hybrid.

Thanks for your help!!!

KrokadilyanGuy3
07-27-04, 09:14 PM
Ah, I have a photo on KS of a yellow Salty (Not my photo) under reptilefreak18. Maybe that'll help ya. I also have a photo of a group of small porosus with different colors on there as well. Not sure if it's under the same name though.
Xain

Edwin
07-28-04, 12:36 AM
Thanks Xain, I will check out those pics. Does the salty maintain its yellow coloration when it is an adult? The one in the pic is about 5 feet, I think.

Thanks again!!!

KrokadilyanGuy3
07-28-04, 01:01 AM
Porosus as well as most other crocodilians can and do have the ability to metachrosis. Normally the color generally darkens or lightens depending on the surroundings. One reason why your crocodilian always looks darker at night. There have been reports of a crocodilian, normally salties, that have lightened into a pasty yellow coloration so that's a possibility. I bring this up only because the dorsal area seems to be a tad dark, so who knows.
Now with that out of the way, I highly doubt that's due to metachrosis. Most cream colored salties stay just that. It's actually no big deal being it's a very common ordeal (Such as the pic represents) So, all and all, yes, odds are it will still be creamy well into it's adult age.
By the way, this is my pic I mentioned earlier.
Xain

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/500/122794220001_0_-med.jpg