Blue Tongue Skink Care Guide – The Bio Dude | 台北市立動物園資訊網

2020年4月13日—Difficulty:Intermediate·Northernbluetongueskink(Tiliquascincoidesintermedia)·ClassicIndonesianbluetongueskink(Tiliquagigasgigas).

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Blue tongue skinks are a group of diurnal, terrestrial lizards found throughout Australia and parts of Indonesia. They can grow up to 24” long, and have an average lifespan of 15-20 years, although with good care, they can live past the age of 30.

Blue tongue skinks have thick, sausage-like bodies, short but strong limbs, and triangular heads. But their most distinctive feature is their namesake — a blue tongue. Most members of Tiliqua have blue or bluish tongues. Although popular speculation places this unique trait as a defense mechanism against predators, it may also play a role in communication with other blue tongue skinks.

There are 12 known species of Tiliqua, but due to strict export restrictions on Australian animals, only 5 of them are ...