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Eastern Blue-tongued Lizard

Tiliqua scincoides scincoides

Description:

The Eastern Blue-tongued Lizard is a stout and slow lizard that grows up to 30-60 cm in length, with brown to grey scales and a barred pattern across the body and tail. The underside is usually pale

Habitat:

Most species are diurnal ground-foraging omnivores, feeding on a wide variety of insects, gastropods, flowers, fruits and berries

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3 Comments

MelissaPark
MelissaPark 12 years ago

Ahh ok thank you so much xx

lori.tas
lori.tas 12 years ago

The species you have listed is not found in that area (we have that species in Tasmania), instead I think you've spotted the eastern blue-tongued skink (Tiliqua scincoides scincoides). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Blu.... And a very pretty one at that.

Dan Doucette
Dan Doucette 12 years ago

That's one big skink!

MelissaPark
Spotted by
MelissaPark

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia

Spotted on May 19, 2011
Submitted on Aug 7, 2011

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