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Blue tongued lizard

Tiliqua scincoides

Photo by Mark Ridgway
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Field Notes

Description:

(Immature) - 150mm long, distinctive blue tongue, short small limbs, pale under, mottled-striped black and brown top.

Habitat:

Suburban back yard.

Notes:

This little blue-tongue went into an aggy pipe drain tube. It only just fit. I was very concerned for it because the tube went 20 metres into a hillside and it would be unretrievable. Two weeks later it came out backwards; much thinner and face covered with cobwebs and bits of arthropods. I offered it some goat milk, cheese and pieces of fruit which it enjoyed immensely. Then I covered the pipe end. It's now a permanent resident in the garden keeping the snail population down.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (7)

I don't think so martin. You can see a trail of cobweb from it running back above his eye. The whole lot came off when I cleaned him. I'm pretty sure it was some plant material. He looks clear now and has moved to the front garden where I put some clay pipes which are perfect homes because they warm in the early sun.
does it have a tick in front of its eye? This is very common.
How nice that the story has a happy ending!
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2012

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