#1674 · 🦎 reptiles

Shingleback

🇳🇱 Pijnappelskink ·Tiliqua rugosa

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © dhfischer · CC BY 4.0
2. © Nuytsia@Tas · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © jirau · CC BY-SA 4.0
4. © Alan Couch · CC BY 4.0
5. © Alan Melville · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. Western Australia, AU:© Dustyn and Catherine · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Mount Magnificent SA 5210, Australia:© Jason van Weenen · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Carwarp VIC 3494, Australia:© John Eichler · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Yunta SA 5440, Australia:© htct · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Arumpo NSW 2715, Australia:© Gunter Maywald · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Tiliqua rugosa is a short-tailed, slow moving species of blue-tongued skink found in Australia. Three of the four recognised subspecies are found only in Western Australia, where they are known collectively by the common name bobtail . The name shingleback is also used, especially for T. rugosa asper , the only subspecies native to eastern Australia.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 12,778iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
12,778 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by John Edward Gray in 1825 (201 years ago).