Maps of Areas this Reptile Dwells New Guinea
Tasmania 
Australia 
Geographical Distribution This animal is found in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. It likes the habitats of wooded areas, open fields, and semi-deserts.
Subspecies There are over 750 different species of skink, but the blue tongue skink's variations include...
Tiliqua Adelaidensis- This is a mixture of the South Australian and Tasmanian blue tongued skink.
Tiliqua Occipitalis-The Western blue tongued skink
Tiliqua Scincoides-The common Eastern blue tongued skink
Tiliqua Intermedia-The Northern blue tongued skink
Tiliqua Nigrolutea-The Blotched blue tongued skink
Tiliqua Gigas-The New Guinean blue tongued skink
Tiliqua Gerrandii-The Australian pink tongued skink
Tiliqua Mustifaciata-The Central blue tongued skink
General Information of the Blue Tongued Skink Adult Information: This fascinating animal can grow to 45cm in length and varies on a wide scale, but most commonly is 10 to 18 ounces. It has short legs, a very dark blue tongue, and a snake like head shaped in a triangular way.
Lifespan: Can live up to 20 years.
Habitat: This reptile is most commonly found in woodland areas, and forest, much of the less acrid parts of Australia.
Endangered?: It is not threatened by any means.
Interesting Facts: The common, or Eastern blue tongued skink is one of the larger of skinks, and although averaging on 45cm in length, it can grow to an impressive 56cm. When threatened the blue tongued skink puffs up its belly to appear as a much more frightening animal than what it is. If picked up by its tail by a predator, it will shed that part of the tail, but unlike other reptiles it will grow this portion back.
Reproduction Mating: Mating happens only once a year between September and November,and by doing this the males trail the females by courting them. The male will bite and hold down the female while mating, wounds by this is very common in this animal. This type of skink generally mates annually, but this depends on the amount of food available.
Sexual Maturity: The sexual maturity of this reptile is 18 to 24 months.
Eggs?: No actually, this reptile does not lay eggs, but gives life birth three to five months after mating. The average young given birth to can go up to 25 young, being that this animal lays a much larger litter than most skinks, but with much smaller young. The average length of the offspring are 13 to 14cm and 10 to 20 grams in weight.
Care in Captivity Cage size:Hatchlings to younger blue tongued skinks, should be contained in at least ten gallon tanks, while adults should be in a starting tank of 45 to 55 gallons.
Feeding:This reptile is omnivorous, and in both wild and captivity it will generally eat more greens that meats. Its diet should consist of vegetables much like that given to an iguana. This includes lettuce, carrots, sprouts, frozen vegetables are an option, but are unhealthy to the reptile. Meats can begin at meal worms, and go up to fuzzy mice, or small mice.
Substrates:This can be dust free pine chips, aspen shavings, or cypress mulch.
Temperature:Its temperature must be precise, with ranging in the seventies in cool, and eighties in warm. However, the other two temperatures are light compared to the heat needed for the basking area. This area is needed to be in the nineties as a minimum, but can go into the hundreds.
Special needs:The water bowl for it should be large enough for it to be able to get in and out of the bowl for soaking. Lighting is much needed, and should most definitely be included, but carefully watched, because the cage can easily overheat and cause damage to the reptile.
Links http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordata/craniata/reptilia/squamata/eastern-blue-tongued-skink.htm http://www.zoo.org/animal-facts/skink http://www.honoluluzoo.org/bluetongued_skink.htm
Pictures of the Blue Tongued Skink 
Tiliqua Scincoides-The common Eastern blue tongued skink Tiliqua Intermedia-The Northern blue tongued skink Tiliqua Nigrolutea-The Blotched blue tongued skink 
Tiliqua Gigas-The New Guinean blue tongued skink Tiliqua Gerrandii-The Australian pink tongued skink 
Tiliqua Mustifaciata-The Central blue tongued skink General Information of the Blue Tongued Skink Adult Information: This fascinating animal can grow to 45cm in length and varies on a wide scale, but most commonly is 10 to 18 ounces. It has short legs, a very dark blue tongue, and a snake like head shaped in a triangular way. Lifespan: Can live up to 20 years. Habitat: This reptile is most commonly found in woodland areas, and forest, much of the less acrid parts of Australia. Endangered?: It is not threatened by any means. Interesting Facts: The common, or Eastern blue tongued skink is one of the larger of skinks, and although averaging on 45cm in length, it can grow to an impressive 56cm. When threatened the blue tongued skink puffs up its belly to appear as a much more frightening animal than what it is. If picked up by its tail by a predator, it will shed that part of the tail, but unlike other reptiles it will grow this portion back. Reproduction Mating: Mating happens only once a year between September and November,and by doing this the males trail the females by courting them. The male will bite and hold down the female while mating, wounds by this is very common in this animal. This type of skink generally mates annually, but this depends on the amount of food available. Sexual Maturity: The sexual maturity of this reptile is 18 to 24 months. Eggs?: No actually, this reptile does not lay eggs, but gives life birth three to five months after mating. The average young given birth to can go up to 25 young, being that this animal lays a much larger litter than most skinks, but with much smaller young. The average length of the offspring are 13 to 14cm and 10 to 20 grams in weight. Care in Captivity Cage size:Hatchlings to younger blue tongued skinks, should be contained in at least ten gallon tanks, while adults should be in a starting tank of 45 to 55 gallons. Feeding:This reptile is omnivorous, and in both wild and captivity it will generally eat more greens that meats. Its diet should consist of vegetables much like that given to an iguana. This includes lettuce, carrots, sprouts, frozen vegetables are an option, but are unhealthy to the reptile. Meats can begin at meal worms, and go up to fuzzy mice, or small mice. Substrates:This can be dust free pine chips, aspen shavings, or cypress mulch. Temperature:Its temperature must be precise, with ranging in the seventies in cool, and eighties in warm. However, the other two temperatures are light compared to the heat needed for the basking area. This area is needed to be in the nineties as a minimum, but can go into the hundreds. Special needs:The water bowl for it should be large enough for it to be able to get in and out of the bowl for soaking. Lighting is much needed, and should most definitely be included, but carefully watched, because the cage can easily overheat and cause damage to the reptile. Links http://www.seaworld.org/animal-info/animal-bytes/animalia/eumetazoa/coelomates/deuterostomes/chordata/craniata/reptilia/squamata/eastern-blue-tongued-skink.htm http://www.zoo.org/animal-facts/skink http://www.honoluluzoo.org/bluetongued_skink.htm Pictures of the Blue Tongued Skink 
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