Australian Blue Tongue Lizard
by Simon Read
Title
Australian Blue Tongue Lizard
Artist
Simon Read
Medium
Painting - Watercolour
Description
Eastern Blue Tongue Lizard
Blue-tongued lizards are the largest members of the skink family. Skink lizards have overlapping scales that are usually smooth and contain small plates of bone. When threatened, blue-tongues turn towards the threat, open their mouth wide and stick out their broad blue tongue that contrasts vividly with the pink mouth. This display, together with the large size of the head, may frighten off predators. If the threat does not go away, blue-tongues may hiss and flatten out the body, making themselves look bigger.
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December 20th, 2018
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