Eastern blue-tongued skink

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The eastern blue-tongued skink (Tiliqua scincoides scincoides), or eastern blue-tongued lizard, is a species of skink native to the east coast of Australia. Its blue tongue can be used to warn off predators. In addition to flashing its blue tongue, the skink hisses and puffs up its chest to assert dominance and appear bigger when in the presence of its predators such as large snakes and birds. The eastern blue tongue is ovoviviparous and precocial, meaning that its young are more developed and advanced at their time of birth. Tiliqua scincoides scincoides is not venomous or poisonous to humans and can be found in suburban and urban areas, specifically in house gardens.

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