Stump-tailed skink
- Description
- The stump-tailed skink is also known as the bobtail or shingleback. In life it has a bright blue tongue and mottled brown and cream scales. The shape of its tail stump is confusing to predators as it resembles the shape of its head.
- Accession Loan No.
- 375/2005
- Collection Class
- Reptiles
- Common Name
- stump-tailed skink
- Simple Name
- reptile: preserved in spirit
- Full Name
- SCINCIDAE: Tiliqua rugosa Gray: stump-tailed skink
- Dimensions
- height 300 mm; W 150 mm; depth 100 mm
- Family Group
- Collection Country
- Australia
- Collection Area Region
- Australia and New Zealand
- Collection Continent
- Oceania
- Phylum
- CHORDATA
- Family
- SCINCIDAE
- Genus
- Tiliqua
- Species
- rugosa
