Eastern blue tongue skinks

Eastern blue tongue skinks are the largest members of the skink family. Skink lizards have overlapping scales that are usually smooth and contain small plates of bone.

Identification

The Eastern Blue-tongue is silvery-grey with broad dark brown or blackish bands across the back and tail. Individuals on the coast usually have a black stripe between the eye and the ear which may extend along the side of the neck. The Blotched Blue-tongue is dark chocolate brown to black with large pink, cream or yellow blotches on the back, and a tail banded in the same colours.

The Eastern Blue-tongue can grow to almost 600 mm in total length, of which about 360 mm is head and body.