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Blotched blue-tongued lizard
Tiliqua nigrolutea
-37.8911, 145.321
Field Notes
Description:
Hisses and reveals a wavy blue tipped tongue in a pink mouth to scare off potential threats. It worked for me. :-) A very large skink approximately 330mm long. Distinctive split and symmetrical blotchy pattern in very dark brown and cream over the whole length of the lizard.
Habitat:
Resting in low grasses in a dry eucalyptus forest.
Notes:
At first I thought it was dead so I could get some really cloe-up shots but hen it suddenly flashed it's tongue and hissed so I suspect the temperature was keeping it subdued. Distribution is most of Victoria and Tasmania http://spatial.ala.org.au/?q=lsid:%22urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.t… Closely related to tiliqua scincoides but that species has a very different pattern on it's back. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Blue-tongued_Skink
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