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Shingleback skink, aka Sleepy lizard

Tiliqua rugosa palarra

Photo by lori.tas
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Field Notes

Description:

A short-tailed, slow moving species of blue-tongued skink found in Australia. Three of the four recognized subspecies are found only in Western Australia, where they are known collectively by the common name bobtail.

Habitat:

Western Australia rocky coastal slope.

Reference Links:

Tiliqua rugosa

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
lori.tas
Also bobtail, stump-tailed skink, bogeye, and pinecone lizard.
lori.tas
I like all of our skinks, and the big blue tongues in particular. And they make good house guests, as we've had a few that needed a bit of care live in our house until we could re-release them. I'll have to post photos of one sunning herself on the Tibetan rug. Like most Australian flora and fauna, blue-tongues are adapted for really, really long term survival. No flash-in-the-pan species here.
MitchRay
I love the common and colloquial names that we give animals. Shingleback and Sleepy Lizard are both good ones.
MitchRay
I cited a paper about these guys in my Master's thesis. Pretty intriguing critters.
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PublishedApril 13, 2011

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