Centralian Blue Tongue Lizard

Alice Springs Reptile Centre

Named after the distinguishing feature of a ‘blue tongue’, the Centralian Blue Tongue Lizard (Tiliqua multifasciata) are the largest members of the skink family Scincidae. Australia has seven species of blue-tongued lizards.

The Centralian Blue Tongue, also known as the Central Blue-Tongue Skink is found throughout the semi-arid to arid red sand-plains, sand-dunes, stony hill spinifex regions, stretching from Western Australia, Northern Territory, far north South Australia and outback Central Queensland.

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Scincidae
Genus: Tiliqua
Species: T. multifasciata
Binomial name: Tiliqua multifasciata