A Centralian Blue Tongue Lizard - found in Australia

Mar 18, 2026 2:59 PM

Pasquinelthe2nd

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When threatened it flashes its tongue at predators for twofold reasons: It imitates a snake AND the blue tongue actually reflects UV light from the sun (stunning other animals able to see in that spectrum)

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"Is that a threat!?" *phhbbbbbbbbtltlt*

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Skinky!

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Get oot, fatty!

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He also inflates when threatened, apparently. like a puffer-fish.

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"Yeah, baby"

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Everywhere I look, I’m reminded of him….
(sigh)

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Checks out.

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Angry empanada

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Someone film it with a UV camera and a black light 😎

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At night, preferably.

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This kills the Aussie.

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I was hoping it made a raspberry sound.

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Awesome!,how do they kill you?

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:P

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Tsuchinoko real :3

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How many ways can this little dude kill or mame you?

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He can't. He's harmless. I used to play with Southern ones when I was a kid and I got gripped on the finger once. They've got a strong jaw but no teeth.

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They don't really kill you. If you are bitten you'll just get a sort of leprosy where bits of you will fall off, every once in a while.
Also if you eat one you will turn inside out really slowly.

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I bet he is popular with the ladies.

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I was thinking... Paige???

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And it probably fucking kills you

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Thbbbbtbbbbbbtbt

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he get flat, he get fat, he want you get back

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Can it kill you?

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If you tried to swallow it whole - maybe.

1 week ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

No, totally harmless and cool critters. They take care of spiders too.

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In Australia, everything will kill you, eventually.

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I wonder where it got it’s name? Welp, I guess it’s one of those mysteries we’ll never find out.

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I'd guess, in Australia. But, seems a cheap name, might have been mail order from Temu.

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Ok, Im no herpetologist so could anyone tell me the reason I can't call it a BLue-tounged Skink without getting my dick chewed off by ACTUAL herpetologists?

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Well, according to Google...you'd actually be correct and 'lizard' is incorrect in this case. Tiliqua Multifasciata's common name is the Centralian blue-tongued skink.

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