Eastern Shingleback
Head
Eastern Shingleback
Blue Tongue Pink Mouth
| Eastern Shingleback Head | | Eastern Shingleback Blue Tongue Pink Mouth | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Reptiles (Reptilia) | |||
| Order: | Scaled Reptiles (Squamata) | ||||
| Family: | Skink (Scincidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Eastern Shingleback (Tiliqua rugosa ssp aspera) | ||||
| This Photo: | Mating | ||||
| Other names: | Stumpy, bobtail or sleepy. | ||||
Thank you Antoni Camozzato, Alan Melville, Geoffrey Cox & Michele Chiacchio for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Riverland and elsewhere Very variable in colour. Also called "stumpy" due to its short fat tail, or "Sleepy" cause they are often seen sleeping on roads, but they can move pretty quickly! If they feel threatened they will gape their mouth at you to bite and keep turning to face you if you circle them. Antoni highlighted to us that this is the only sub-species in SA, the other three being found in WA. Wendy Hayward said "Females have an arrow shaped head, males broader all over. Larger size head to body too. They mate for life but only come together for breeding season." | |||||
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