Phew - it has legs. Whenever I see shiny scales in the yard there is a brief moment of 'Is it a snake?' panic.

These are harmless.

Blotched Blue-Tongue Skink
(Tiliqua nigrolutea)

#skink #reptile #BlueTongue #tasmania

This morning I re-located a Blue-tongue lizard from one part of our garden to a warmer spot with plenty of groundcover. Does anyone run a database about urban sightings/populations of Australian lizards? #zoology #lizard #Bluetongue #database

Is this a #BlueTongue ?

Learning a thing about my #BlueTongue : she is VERY solar-powered.

She has heat in her tank all night, but if it's a chilly morning sometimes she doesn't quite warm up until the lights have been on a while. Until then, she is lazy and slow.

This means she has to stop often to recharge... no matter which part of which crawly motion she's in the middle of.

So I think this explains why she will often lounge around for quite a while in positions that look straight-up RIDICULOUS. Like this one.

#Lizards #Nature #naturephotography
This is frontyard #BlueTongue
just soaking up the early morning rays. I immediately thought of that Otis Redding song..."Dock of the Bay"
Sittin' in the mornin' sun
I'll be sittin' when the evenin' comes...
Unlike Otis, he/she isn't wasting time, cold blooded reptiles need to warm up.

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#birds #starlings #indoorgardens #lizards #BlueTongue #wirewrapping #neurodivergent #sciencefiction

Still getting the hang of tags

Gardening with a friend. #bluetongue #lizard #straya

Guess I've lost the rights to my car park then?

#Australia
#BlueTongue

Look what the cat dragged in. Pending relocation.

#BlueTongue