Tiliqua rugosa, most commonly known as the shingleback skink, stumptail skink or bobtail lizard, is a short-tailed, slow-moving species of blue-tongued skink (genus Tiliqua) endemic to Australia. It is commonly known as the shingleback or sleepy lizard.

The Shingleback Lizard (Tiliqua rugosa) is a member of the Blue-tongue Lizard genus (Tiliqua). Location: Western Australia Image: Stephen Mahony © Stephen Mahony

Tili­qua ru­gosa in­habit semi­arid plains and wood­lands that typ­i­cally have a harsh, dry sum­mer and fall, fol­lowed by a cool win­ter and spring with in­creased pre­cip­i­ta­tion and re­sources. These areas are sub­ject to a great deal of vari­abil­ity in pre­cip­i­ta­tion (Bus­tard, 1970).

Tiliqua rugosa, most commonly known as the shingleback lizard or bobtail lizard, is a short-tailed, slow-moving species of blue-tongued skink (genus Tiliqua) endemic to Australia. It is commonly known as the shingleback or sleepy lizard.

Shingleback skinks are slow-moving reptiles with armored bodies, blue tongues, and brown or beige coloring. The broad tail is where they keep extra fat reserves to help them get through lean times in the outback. It also helps to confuse predators about …

Meet the shingleback (Tiliqua rugosa) including their appearance, diet, habitat, range, lifespan, facts, breeding and behavior.

2024年4月8日 · Adult Common/Eastern Shingleback (Tiliqua rugosa aspera) and an underweight Eastern Bearded Dragon (Pogona barbata), found curled up together under some debris at Monarto, SA.

2022年1月29日 · Tiliqua rugosa konowi is smaller in size and dark in colour with numerous grey, greenish yellow to white speckles on the back and below. Tiliqua rugosa asper by far the most robust of the species and is also the heaviest.

Explore the fascinating world of the Shingleback Skink (Tiliqua rugosa), from its unique etymology and taxonomy to its diverse subspecies and habitats. Learn about its diet, behavior in captivity, and the various conservation efforts in place to protect this remarkable reptile.

2017年11月10日 · Impressive is a word the shingleback (Tiliqua rugosa) deserves. Remarkably for a lizard, it can live 50 years, and it looks striking, with that stumpy tail and big lumpy scales. It’s Australia’s answer to the small land tortoises found overseas – a sluggish, compact, long-lived vegetarian with an armoured back of large hard scales.