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Tiliqua rugosa, most commonly known as the shingleback skink, stumptail skink or bobtail lizard, is a short-tailed, slow-moving species of blue-tongued skink (genus Tiliqua) endemic to Australia. It is commonly known as the shingleback or sleepy lizard .
They are commonly called blue-tongued lizards or simply blue-tongues or blueys in Australia or panana in Indonesia. As suggested by these common names, a prominent characteristic of the genus is a large blue tongue that can be bared as bluff-warning to potential enemies. [ 3 ]
English: Near-whole skin shed by an adult pet Tiliqua rugosa lizard, photographed at least two years after shedding. 5 cm scale bar. Date: 9 April 2021: Source: Own work:
Includes slowworms, glass lizards, and alligator lizards. Red-lipped arboreal alligator lizard ... (Tiliqua rugosa) Common blue-tongued skink (Tiliqua scincoides)
The yakka skink (Egernia rugosa) is a species of large skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species is native to the Brigalow Belt in Queensland in eastern Australia. [2] [3] It is listed as a vulnerable species under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. [4]
Egernia is a genus of skinks (family Scincidae) that occurs in Australia.These skinks are ecologically diverse omnivores that inhabit a wide range of habitats.However, in the loose delimitation (which incorporates about 30 species) the genus is not monophyletic but an evolutionary grade, as has long been suspected due to its lack of characteristic apomorphies.
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The lizard can have different colors, but its pattern frequently appears to be banded. The tongue of the lizard is a blue color and can appear to have a hint of violet. [5] This blue tongue is used to alarm predators and scare them off. The eastern blue-tongue lizard has smooth skin covered with scales that overlap and have small bone plates. [2]