Tiliqua scincoides
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Common Blue-tongued Skink
Subspecies I've seen:
![](../images/herps/thumbnails/15100334PD_skink.jpg)
T. s. scincoides
Eastern Blue-tongued Skink
Tiliqua scincoides scincoides
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Eastern Blue-tongued Skink
![Eastern Blue-tongued Skink (Tiliqua scincoides scincoides)](../images/herps/standard/15100334PD_skink.jpg)
David Fischer and I found this venerable lizard beneath a piece of corrugated tin. It had an old healed wound on one of its legs that David recognized from a previous encounter, years earlier, when it was already an adult.
![Eastern Blue-tongued Skink (Tiliqua scincoides scincoides)](../images/herps/standard/15102134PD_skink.jpg)
![Eastern Blue-tongued Skink (Tiliqua scincoides scincoides)](../images/herps/standard/15102519PD_skink.jpg)
![Eastern Blue-tongued Skink (Tiliqua scincoides scincoides)](../images/herps/standard/15102521PD_skink.jpg)
I just love driving down little-used roads on beautiful days and finding big ol' lizards hanging out there.
Printed references:
- Cogger, H. G. 2014. Reptiles & Amphibians of Australia, Seventh Edition
- Wilson, S. and Swan, G. 2017. A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia, Fifth Edition