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Blotched Blue Tongue Lizard
Tiliqua nigrolutea
-38.4726, 145.236
Field Notes
Description:
The blotched blue-tongued lizard (Tiliqua nigrolutea), also known as the southern blue-tongued lizard, is one member of a genus of blue-tongued skinks which is endemic to southeastern Australia. It is a robust and relatively large member of the skink family (Scincidae) that tends to rely on camouflage and bluff as its primary means of defence.
Habitat:
Phillip island Wildlife Park.
The lizard is about 35 to 50 cm long, and is found in wet and dry sclerophyll forests, montane woodlands and coastal heathlands.
Notes:
It is an omnivore with a diet consisting of leaves, flowers, fruit, slow-moving invertebrates, and small vertebrates. The tail can be dropped (autotomy) when grasped by a predator (like most skinks), but this large skink is much less likely to do so than other members of the skink family.
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