Blue-tongued Skink - Species and Subspecies

Species and Subspecies

  • Tiliqua adelaidensis, Adelaide pygmy blue-tongue skink
  • Tiliqua gigas, Indonesian blue-tongued skink
    • T. g. evanescens, Merakue blue-tongued skink
    • T. g. keyensis, Key Island blue-tongued skink
  • Tiliqua sp., Irian Jaya blue-tongued skink
  • Tiliqua multifasciata, Centralian blue-tongued skink
  • Tiliqua nigrolutea, blotched blue-tongued lizard
  • Tiliqua occipitalis, western blue-tongued lizard (or skink)
  • Tiliqua rugosa, shingleback, stump-tailed skink or sleepy lizard
    • T. r. rugosa, common shingleback
    • T. r. aspera, eastern shingleback
    • T. r. palarra, Shark Bay shingleback
    • T. r. konowi, Rottnest Island shingleback
  • Tiliqua scincoides, Australian blue-tongued skink
    • T. s. scincoides, eastern blue-tongued lizard (or skink)
    • T. s. intermedia, northern blue-tongued skink
    • T. s. chimaerea, Tanimbar blue-tongued skink
  • Western blue-tongued lizard

  • Centralian blue-tongued lizard from the Tanami Desert

  • Eastern blue-tongued lizard in metropolitan Sydney

  • Stump-tailed skink, Tiliqua rugosa

  • Drinking water

  • western skink defensive display

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