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Basic information
Tiliqua nigrolutea
Blotched Blue-tongue
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderAmphisbaenians
FamilySkinks
GenusBluetongues
- Czech name
- Tilikva žlutočerná
- English name
- Blotched Blue-tongue
- Alternative names
- Blotched Blue-Tongued Lizard, Blotched Blue-tongued Skink, Blotched Bluetongue, Southern Bluetongue
- Synonyms
- Scincus nigroluteus
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Forest, Grassland, Shrubland
- Microhabitat
- Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- SVL
- max 368 mm
- Body mass
- max 1,445.4 g
- Hatchling mass
- ~15 g
- Offspring SVL
- max 102 mm
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 18 years
- Activity
- Diurnal
- Body temperature
- 34.8–34.8 °C
Reproduction and development
- Age at maturity
- 1.5–2 years
- Reproductive mode
- Viviparous
- Clutch size
- 1–15 individuals
- Clutches per year
- 0–1 × per year
- Sex determination
- Genetic sex determination
Health and safety
- Venomous
- No
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, eol traitbank, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 56WZR · COL26.10
- Original documentation
- eol traitbank · eol-2b1a6945e807cb8f26a5d28f00d1aab20ae38efbd77156a3c75f0e40e77d
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 19287 · dryad-v5