General Description

Body yellow-brown to grey with wide dark brown stripes across the body and around the tail. Dark stripe through the eye. Up to 32 cm long (snout-vent).

Biology

Western Blue-tongues are slow moving animals. They are omnivores, eating plants, flowers, fruits, snails and small vertebrates. When threatened they hiss and stick out their tongue. Females give birth to live young.

Distribution

Western and central southern mainland Australia.

Habitat

Dry sandy areas with shrubs or heath, and woodlands with spinifex grasses.

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