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Shingleback Lizard

Tiliqua rugosa

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4 Comments

salamander425
salamander425 11 years ago

Awesome!

ausatravel
ausatravel 11 years ago

They are very slow moving unlike other lizards so use this as a defensive behavior. When they realize there is no threat they settle down quite quickly

DonnaBollenbach
DonnaBollenbach 11 years ago

Great series! What prompted the behavior? Feeding? Cooling off? Threatening?

Carol Snow Milne 2
Carol Snow Milne 2 11 years ago

Open wide! WOW! Just love the series. Great job! Gave me a little chuckle.

ausatravel
Spotted by
ausatravel

New South Wales, Australia

Spotted on Nov 27, 2012
Submitted on Feb 27, 2013

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