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Basic information
Tiliqua scincoides
Common Blue-tongued Skink
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassReptiles
OrderSquamates
FamilySkinks
GenusBlue-tongued skinks
- Czech name
- Tilikva australská
- English name
- Common Blue-tongued Skink
- Alternative names
- Common Bluetongue, Eastern Blue-Tongued Lizard, Eastern Blue-tongued Skink, Eastern Bluetongue, Eastern bluetongue skink, Northern Bluetongue
- Synonyms
- Cyclodus boddaertii, Lacerta scincoides, Scincus crotaphomelas, Scincus tuberculatus, Tiliqua vanicoriensis, Tiliqua whitii
Distribution and environment
- Biome
- Forest, Grassland, Savanna, Shrubland
- Microhabitat
- Terrestrial
Size and appearance
- SVL
- max 380 mm
- Body mass
- max 1,621.8 g
- Hatchling mass
- ~5 g
- Offspring SVL
- max 85 mm
Biological characteristics
- Longevity
- max 30 years
- Activity
- Cathemeral, Diurnal
- Foraging mode
- Active
- Body temperature
- 31.9–34.4 °C
Reproduction and development
- Age at maturity
- 2–3 years
- Reproductive mode
- Viviparous
- Clutch size
- 1–25 individuals
- Clutches per year
- 1–1 × per year
- Sex determination
- Genetic sex determination
Health and safety
- Venomous
- No
Information sources
- Biological data sources
- Catalogue of Life, ReptTraits, SquamBase
- Original documentation
- Catalogue of Life · 56X27 · COL26.9
- Original documentation
- ReptTraits · figshare-v4
- Original documentation
- SquamBase · 19290 · dryad-v5