True Blue Christmas
Ok, I really couldn't have asked for a better Christmas present this year being a FIFO worker in
the Pilbara region!
Walking around camp last night I cam across something small and stripy - to my surprise it was
a baby Centralian blue tongue skink (Tiliqua multifasciata) and one of the smallest wild blue
tongues I've ever seen
Centralian blue tongues are arid region specialsts, thriving in the hot desert conditions that's typical
of Australia's remote and dry central regions. Like all blue tongues, these are omnivores and will
eat almost anything, while they won't typically drink from water directly, they will get moisture from
their prey and dew drops off plant life in the mornings.
They build their homes among the spinifex around here, which is very typical of these guy as it
offers great protection from predators. And their head it perfectly shaped to slide though the pointy
prongs of the spinifex. Their body patterns also act as perfect camouflage among those plants
as well
And like all blue tongues, these are born live (not from eggs) - in which they will eat the membranous
sac they are born in as their first meal before taking off on their own, as fully independant skinks
