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Eastern Blue-Tongue Lizard

Tiliqua scincoides scincoides

Description:

Lizard

Notes:

Found in the shed. Eyes were damaged. Took to the vets.

1 Species ID Suggestions

sarahaw1981
sarahaw1981 11 years ago
Eastern Blue-Tong Lizard
Tiliqua scincoides scincoides


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4 Comments

lisamking82
lisamking82 11 years ago

You can see the resemblance

sarahaw1981
sarahaw1981 11 years ago

Sorry mate, yes we do call them lizards but they are the largest members of the skink family. On the up side your both right in a way. :-)

lisamking82
lisamking82 11 years ago

Hi Keith. That's interesting. In Australia we commonly call it lizard and refer to a much smaller lizard as a skink.

keithp2012
keithp2012 11 years ago

Isn't it blue tongued skink?

lisamking82
Spotted by
lisamking82

Toowoomba, QLD, Australia

Spotted on Oct 6, 2012
Submitted on Dec 17, 2012

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