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REPTILE FACTS |
Description
Body very dark on the back with light patches. Blue tongue. Up to 25 cm long (snout-vent).
Blotched Blue-tongues are slow-moving with the impressive defense display of hissing, sticking out their tongue and lunging at threats. They are omnivorous, feeding on fruits, flowers and other plants, as well as slow-moving animals such as snails. Females give birth to up to 12 live young.
Author credit: Museum Victoria Sciences Staff / Museum Victoria
Other Names
Southern Blue-tongue
Habitat
Wet and dry sclerophyll forest, montane woodlands and coastal heathlands.
Food
Omnivore
Range
South-eastern mainland Australia and Tasmania.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Species Description is from Museums Field Guide, Atlas of Living Australia at website at https://lists.ala.org.au Licensed under Creative Commons Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Reptilia | | Order: | Squamata (Sauria) | | Family: | Scincidae | | Genus: | Tiliqua | | Species: | nigrolutea | | Common Name: | Blotched Blue-tongue Lizard |
Relatives in same Genus
Centralian Blue-tongue Lizard (T. multifasciata)
Western Blue-tongue Lizard (T. occipitalis)
Shingleback (T. rugosa)
Common Blue Tongue (T. scincoides)
Northern Blue-tongue (T. scincoides intermedia)
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