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Australian Blue Tongue Skink

Australian Blue Tongue Skink (Tiligua spp.)
 
Range: Australia
 
Eats slugs and snails, and uses its bright blue tongue to “taste” the air when feeding.
 
Found in gardens and sometimes seen sunning themselves during the day.
 
Sheds its skin annually and gives birth to between 8–12 live young.