WESTERN BLUE-TONGUE

Scientific name: Tiliqua occipitalis

Family: Scincidae

Order: Squamata

Status: Least Concern

Habitat and Distribution

It shelters in excavated burrows under rocks, fallen timber or in dead leaf litter.

About the animal:

• It has five to seven bands of markings on the neck, body and tail which vary in colour from brown to pale yellow;
• It has a relatively small head, a strong body and shortish tail;
• Grows to about 30 to 40cm;
• When harassed, it flattens its body, opens its mouth to display a pink interior with large blue tongue and hisses as it inflates and deflates rapidly.

What they eat?

Feeds on berries, fruit, flowers and insects.