My Blue Tongue Skinks

[KLowery88]

Just thought I'd show my two two Blue Tongue Skinks. It's been interesting seeing the differences between a semi-fossorial, scent focused lizard and an arboreal, sight focused lizard. Obviously their physical adaptations are very different, but their mannerisms are also very neat to compare.

Sylvia, my Merauke BTS, who was my first reptile and also a rescue. I've had her for five years now, and although I was told she was about seven years old when I got her, I don't trust her previous owner as a reliable source of information since they got her species wrong. She could be 12 years old now, but also could easily be older or younger. She came to me with MBD damage, pneumonia, and mites, but is doing great now. Actually too great, since I'm trying to get her to slim down a tad.










Tiberi is my Northern Blue Tongue, and she came from a breeder.

 

[Decadancin]

Absolutely gorgeous! Good luck with the upcoming diet!!! She is plump!

 

[jpowell86]

Tiberi is my Northern Blue Tongue, and she came from a breeder.

She is gorgeous.

 

[JaxyGirl]

They're beautiful! They look so healthy. I love their coloring and its crazy how blue their tongues actually are!

 

[Lathis]

Very pretty! Thanks for sharing. I love the peek-a-boo in photo #2.

 

[KLowery88]

Absolutely gorgeous! Good luck with the upcoming diet!!! She is plump!

Thanks! I'll need the luck, lol. It may come as a surprise, but sausage lizards aren't good at losing weight.

She is gorgeous.

Thank you! I'm considering breeding her in a few years when I'm more settled and can get housing for any babies. I'd just have to find a good male and sexing Blue Tongues is tough.

They're beautiful! They look so healthy. I love their coloring and its crazy how blue their tongues actually are!

Their tongues really are neat, and there seems to be a lot of variation, especially between the Australian and Indonesian species. Tiberi's is very blue, and Sylvia's is more purple-y.

Very pretty! Thanks for sharing. I love the peek-a-boo in photo #2.

Thanks! She loved it so much when I put leaves in there. They seem to be a lot more comfortable with and enjoy a substrate or substrate layer they can be Shai-hulud in.