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Shingleback lizard photographed at Australia Zoo
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Tiliqua rugosa (synonym Trachydosaurus rugosus), Belair National Park, South Australia
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SHINGLEBACK FACTS
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Description
The Shingle-back is a slow moving stocky lizard with short logs, short stumpy tail and blue tongue.
Other Names
Bobtail, Stumpy-tail, Pinecone Lizard
Size
about 30cm long.
Habitat
coastal heaths, dry sclerophyll forests, mallee scrub and Spinifex-dominated sandy deserts.
Food
insects, snails, fruit, flowers and berries.
Breeding
Shingle-back lizards seek out the same partner year after year. The female can have 1 - 4 live young, with average of 2.
Range
southern half of Australia, except for eastern and south-eastern coastal areas.
Classification
| Class: | Reptilia | | Order: | Squamata (Sauria) | | Family: | Scincidae | | Genus: | Tiliqua | | Species: | rugosa | | Common Name: | Shingleback |
Relatives in same Genus
Centralian Blue-tongue Lizard (T. multifasciata)
Blotched Blue-tongue Lizard (T. nigrolutea)
Western Blue-tongue Lizard (T. occipitalis)
Common Blue Tongue (T. scincoides)
Northern Blue-tongue (T. scincoides intermedia)
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