Sunday, October 8, 2017

SHINGLE-BACK


6               SHINGLE-BACK                   Siliqua rugosa

AUSTRALIAN LIZARDS              6

Also known as Stumpy-tail Skinks, Sleepy Lizard, Bogeye, Bobtail Lizard. Distributed over south of continent except coastal east and south-east and Tasmania. Slow-moving and diurnal in wide range of habitat. Feeds on insects, arthropods, snails, carrion, flowers, fruit, berries and faeces of kangaroo and emu.

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