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| About: The
bluetongue skinks are some of the
most enigmatic lizards of Australia.
Their threat display includes
open-mouth lunges with extended blue
tongue. They will also flick their
tongue rapidly to scare off a
would-be attacker. There are several
species of bluetongue skink within
the genus Tiliqua, which share the
characteristic bright blue tongue,
with the exception of the pygmy
bluetongue (T. adelaidensis) that
has a pink tongue, and the
shingleback skink (T. rugosa) that
has a dark blue or black tongue. Range: These skinks are wide-ranging area along the coastal areas from the Kimberly region to the southeastern corner of South Australia. There is also a disjunct population in the south of the Northern Territory. There are two subspecies of T. scincoides, the nominant eastern bluetongue (T. s. scincoides) that occurs along the south and east of the range and the northern bluetongue (T. s. intermedia) that is found in the north between the Kimberly and the Lawn Hill area of their range. We work with the latter subspecies. Habitat: These skinks are found in a variety of habitats, including plains and woodlands. They will often be found under debris. I found two individuals underneath a split log in a freinds back yard. Natural History Notes: The bluetongue skinks are omnivores, feeding on snails, insects, vegitable matter, and even carion. This is one of the nice aspects of keeping these lizards in captivity, as they can be fed a variety of food items. Their powerful jaws are used to crush snails. Although these skinks are fairly mild-mannered, their strong jaws can pack a powerful punch and you do not want to be on the receiving end of a bite. For the most part, though, captives are very good pets and are rarely show any defensive behaviors. Juveniles can be fairly defensive, but their behavior is mostly bluff. General Notes: We work with the selectively bred sunrise line of northerns, bred by Andrew Seike, for their orange coloration and light background coloration. We also work with a red hypomelanistic northern bluetongue lineage, and have produced some amazing offspring between the hypo line and the sunrise line. We have produced offspring consistently since 2013. |
 
Our Sunsrise line of
bluetongues was purchased from Andrew Seike
A juvenile
Sunrise from the 2013 season
Our original adult female
Sunrise bluetongue female
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 Our
original male Red Hypo bluetongue male
This wild eastern bluetongue
skinks showing off his namesake blue tongue
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 An
amazing holdback female from our red hypo X
sunrise pairing
These eastern bluetongues were
found underneath AC near Kempsey, NSW
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