Species Tiliqua scincoides (White, 1790)
Eastern Blue-tongue
Generic Combinations
- Tiliqua scincoides (White, 1790).
Distribution
States
Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gawler (GAW), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Kanmantoo (KAN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Diurnal, low open shrubland, low open woodland, low shrubland, low woodland, omnivore, open forest, open heath, open scrub, tall open shrubland, terrestrial, viviparous, woodland.
General References
Bartholemew, G.A., Tucker, V.A. & Lee, A.K. 1965. Oxygen consumption, thermal conductance, and heart rate in the Australian skink Tiliqua scincoides. Copeia 1965: 169-173
Bissinger, B.E. & Simon, C.A. 1979. Comparison of tongue extrusions in representatives of six families of lizards. Journal of Herpetology 13: 133-139
Cabanac, H.P. & Hammel, H.T. 1971. Peripheral sensitivity and temperature regulation in Tiliqua scincoides. International Journal of Biometeorology 15: 239-243
Cabanac, M., Hammel, T. & Hardy, J.D. 1967. Tiliqua scincoides: temperature-sensitive units in lizard brain. Science (Washington, D.C.) 158: 1050-1051
Cogger, H.G. 2000. Reptiles and Amphibians of Australia. Sydney : Reed New Holland 6th edition, 808 pp. [581] (distribution)
Cogger, H.G., in Cogger, H.G., Cameron, E.E. & Cogger, H.M. 1983. Amphibia and Reptilia. 313 pp. in Walton, D.W. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 1 vi + 313 pp. [191] (subspecies not identified in Cogger et al. (1983: 158), in which Cogger listed synonyms)
Drane, C.R. & Webb, G.J.W. 1980. Functional morphology of the dermal vascular system of the Australian lizard Tiliqua scincoides. Herpetologica 36: 60-66
Firth, B.T., Webb, G.J.W. & Johnson, C.R. 1972. Effect of time of day and photoperiod on heart rate in the scincid lizard Tiliqua scincoides. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 43A: 805-808
Flynn, T.T. 1923. On the occurrence of a true allanto-placenta of the conjoint type in an Australian lizard. Records of the Australian Museum 14: 72-77
Georges, A. 1979. Head-body temperature differences in the Australian blue-tongued lizard, Tiliqua scincoides during radiant heating. Journal of Thermal Biology 4: 213-217
Goddard, C.K. 1969. Mechanics of the urinary bladder of the lizard Tiliqua scincoides scincoides (Shaw). Australian Journal of Experimental Biology and Medical Science 47: 701-711
Hammel, H.T. Caldwell, F.J. & Abrams, R.M. 1967. Regulation of body temperature in the blue-tongued lizards. Science (Washington, D.C.) 156: 1260-1262
Mitchell, F.J. 1950. The scincid genera Egernia and Tiliqua (Lacertilia). Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 9: 275-308 (taxonomy)
Myhre, K. & Hammel, H.T. 1969. Behavioral regulation of internal temperature in the lizard Tiliqua scincoides. American Journal of Physiology 217: 1490-1495
Shea, G.M. 1981. Notes on the reproductive biology of the eastern blue-tongue skink, Tiliqua scincoides (Shaw). Herpetofauna 12: 16-23
Wilson, S. & Swan, G. 2003. A Complete Guide to Reptiles of Australia. Australia : Holland 448 pp. [296] (distribution)
Common Name References
Clayton, M., Wombey, J.C., Mason, I.J., Chesser, R.T. & Wells, A. 2006. CSIRO List of Australian Vertebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status. Melbourne : CSIRO Publishing iv 162 pp. [37] (Eastern Blue-tongue)
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 07-Feb-2024 | 16-Dec-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 08-Mar-2011 | 08-Mar-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |