Mate, look a Shithead - Shingleback Lizard

in teamaustralia •  7 years ago 

The australian Shingleback Lizard, is a short-tailed, slow moving subspecies of blue-tongued skink found in Australia. Three of the four recognised subspecies are found only in Western Australia, where they are known by the name bobtail. The Shingleback Lizard can be found in many colours, ranging from dark brown to cream. It has a short, wide tail that resembles its head.

In the following, you will find my video and pictures of an encounter with a Shingleback Lizard. I hope you enjoy my encounter as much as I did.

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Cool Reptile. My Daughter collects them. The WA ones have more pronounced scales. Our NT ones are more smooth skinned.

Saw one in Mildura VIC recently... funny looking things, bit like a pine cone, at first inspection you can't tell which is the head end!

Those lizards are so cool looking. In Canada we only have little salamanders nothing cool like that. Thanks for sharing