Species profile—Tiliqua scincoides (eastern blue-tongued lizard)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Reptilia (reptiles) → Scincidae (skinks) → Tiliqua scincoides (eastern blue-tongued lizard)
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Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Reptilia (reptiles)
- Family
- Scincidae (skinks)
- Scientific name
- Tiliqua scincoides (White, 1790)
- Common name
- eastern blue-tongued lizard
- Type reference
- White, J. (1790). Journal of a Voyage to New South Wales, with sixty five plates of non-descript animals, birds, lizards, serpents, curious cones of trees and other natural productions. Appendix. London : Debrett 299 pp.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 104
- Alternate name(s)
- eastern blue-tongue
common blue-tongue
common bluetongue - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Terrestrial
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Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=104.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
