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Scientific Name : Tiliqua nigrolutea
Common Name : Blotched blue-tongue
Description : A large slow-moving and short-tailed skink, of up to 480mm. The colour is a dark chocolatee-brown, with large cream blotches all over it. These may be irregular or are sometimes arranged in diagonal rows across the body. The blotches continue as three broad stripes across the tail. The head is paler than the body, matching the colour of the blotches.
Habitat : Wet and dry schlerophyll forests and heaths. Often seen basking on open ground.
Distribution : Victoria, Tasmania and South-Eastern New South Wales. Not often seen in the park, but could be seen in any of the forested areas.
Family : Scincidae
 
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Blotched blue-tongue, on the upper section of the Clematis Track.
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Blotched blue-tongue, on the upper section of the Clematis Track.
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Yes I really do have a blue tongue! Blotched blue-tongue, on the upper section of the Clematis Track.
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Blotched Blue-tongue by the Coprosma Track
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Blotched Blue-tongue by the Weir Track
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Blotched Bluetongue, eating a fungus, by the Weir Track


Blotched blue-tongue, on the upper section of the Clematis Track.
November 2nd 2005




 
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