Tiliqua scincoides scincoides (Eastern Blue-tongue)
Body colour varies from silvery-grey to tan-brown with a broad dark band from the eye to the ear with a series of dark cross bands along the body. A blue tongue is displayed when threatened.
Snout-vent length: 30-32 cm. Total length: 40-50 cm
The Eastern Blue-tongue is found in a range of habitats but is commonly encountered in urban environments. In many towns and suburbs, the Blue-tongues will occupy overlapping home ranges that span several gardens, but each lizard usually confines its activities to a core area with a few favourite shelter-sites. Males usually have larger home ranges than females and pregnant females spend a lot more time in one location making them susceptible to being killed by pets. Having a blue-tongue lizard in the garden is beneficial, as they help control snails and other pests (they have been known to eat mice, including sniffing out nests and consuming entire litters). They use their powerful jaws to crack open snails, discarding the shell using their fleshy tongue. Avoid using snail baits or rodent poison and ensure pet cats are kept indoors to reduce injury or harm to blue-tongues and other lizards.
Tiliqua scincoides scincoides is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | Southern Highlands | Albury, Wodonga | South Coast | Greater Sydney | Central West NSW | New South Wales North Coast | Gippsland | Barwon South West | Loddon Mallee | Greater Brisbane
Species information
- Tiliqua scincoides scincoides Scientific name
- Eastern Blue-tongue Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 871m Recorded at altitude
- 352 images trained Machine learning
Location information
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Maps
"Rivendell" Mimosa Park Road Albury ANBG Aranda Bushland Bass Gardens Park, Griffith Black Mountain Bluetts Block (402, 403, 12, 11) Boro Bruce Ridge Bruce Ridge to Gossan Hill Bullen Range Bundanoon Burradoo Callum Brae Canberra City Farm Charles Sturt University City Renewal Authority Area Conjola Bushcare Cooleman Ridge Cooma North Ridge Reserve Coomee Nulunga Cultural Walking Track Cotter Reserve Dryandra St Woodland Eight Mile Creek Emu Creek Eurobodalla National Park Farrer Ridge Flea Bog Flat to Emu Creek Corridor Four Winds Bioblitz Reference Sites Fowles St. Woodland, Weston Gang Gang at Yass River Gigerline Nature Reserve Ginninderry Conservation Corridor Googong Foreshore Goorooyarroo NR (ACT) Gossan Hill Goulburn Mulwaree Council Griffith Woodland Gundary TSR Gungaderra Grasslands Haig Park Hughes Garran Woodland Hughes Grassy Woodland Illilanga & Baroona Isaacs Ridge Isaacs Ridge and Nearby Isabella Pond Jarramlee-West MacGregor Grasslands Jerrabomberra Grassland Jerrabomberra Wetlands Kama Lake Burley Griffin West Lake Ginninderra Lake Tuggeranong Lions Youth Haven - Westwood Farm A.C.T. Lower Cotter Catchment Lower Molonglo Mahogany Creek Walking Track McQuoids Hill Meroo National Park Mittagong Molonglo Gorge Molonglo River Reserve Monash Grassland Mongarlowe River Monument Hill and Roper Street Corridor Morton National Park Mount Ainslie Mount Ainslie to Black Mountain Mount Jerrabomberra Mount Jerrabomberra QP Mount Majura Mount Mugga Mugga Mount Painter Mount Pleasant Mount Rogers Mount Taylor Mulanggari Grasslands Mulligans Flat Mumbulla State Forest Nadjung Mada NR Nail Can Hill Namadgi National Park Namarag NR National Zoo and Aquarium North Nowra - Mahogany Creek Bushcare One Track For All Padman/Mates Park Panboola Penrose Percival Hill Pine Island to Point Hut Point Hut Hill Point Hut to Tharwa Red Head Villages Bushcare Red Hill Nature Reserve Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek Rob Roy Range South Brooman State Forest South Pacific Heathland Reserve Stirling Park Stony Creek Tallaganda State Forest Tanja State Forest The Fair, Watson The Pinnacle Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Tuggeranong Creek to Monash Grassland Tuggeranong Hill Turallo Nature Reserve Ulladulla - Warden Head Bushcare Ulladulla Reserves Bushcare Umbagong District Park University of Canberra Urambi Hills Uriarra Recreation Reserve Wandiyali-Environa Conservation Area Wanniassa Hill WendyM's farm at Freshwater Ck. Wingecarribee Local Government Area Wingello Wodonga Womdatary, Meroo Meadow Woodlands Woodstock Nature Reserve Yarramundi Grassland -
Survey points
GG117 GG157 -
Places
Acton, ACT Ainslie, ACT Aranda, ACT Bombay, NSW Bonner, ACT Braidwood, NSW Bruce, ACT Burrinjuck, NSW Campbell, ACT Cooma, NSW Curtin, ACT Florey, ACT Freshwater Creek, VIC Giralang, ACT Goulburn, NSW Greenway, ACT Gundary, NSW Hall, ACT Hawker, ACT Hughes, ACT Isaacs, ACT Jacka, ACT Jerrabomberra, NSW Kambah, ACT Latham, ACT Macgregor, ACT Macnamara, ACT Michelago, NSW Monash, ACT Murga, NSW Richardson, ACT Symonston, ACT Tathra, NSW Uriarra Village, ACT Weetangera, ACT Weston, ACT
