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Giant Bluetongue Skink
Tiliqua gigas (Schneider, 1801)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  order Squamata - lizards and snakes »  family Scincidae - skinks »  genus Tiliqua - blue-tongued skinks

Scientific synonyms

Scincus gigas Schneider, 1801 o
Tiliqua scincoides gigas (Schneider, 1801)
Cyclodus petersii Strauch, 1866

Other names

= New Guinea Blue-tongued Skink

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IUCN category 2024-1:
Least Concern LC

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Tiliqua gigas - Giant Bluetongue Skink

Tiliqua gigas - Giant Bluetongue Skink

Tiliqua gigas - Giant Bluetongue Skink

Tiliqua gigas - Giant Bluetongue Skink

Tiliqua gigas - Giant Bluetongue Skink

Tiliqua gigas - Giant Bluetongue Skink

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Tiliqua gigas - Giant Bluetongue Skink

Tiliqua gigas - Giant Bluetongue Skink

Tiliqua gigas - Giant Bluetongue Skink

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Tiliqua gigas - Giant Bluetongue Skink

Tiliqua gigas - Giant Bluetongue Skink

Tiliqua gigas - Giant Bluetongue Skink

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Indonesia (Moluccas)

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Distribution

Indonesia (Ambon, Ceram, Ternate, Halmahera, Ke, Aru),Papua New Guinea, Jobi, Admirality Islands, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago
Author: Milan Kořínek

Included taxa

Number of records: 3

subspecies Tiliqua gigas evanescens Shea, 2000 - Pygmy Blue-tongued Skink

Tiliqua gigas evanescens

subspecies Tiliqua gigas gigas (Schneider, 1801) - Indonesian Blue-tongued Skink

Tiliqua gigas gigas

subspecies Tiliqua gigas keyensis Oudemans, 1894 - Merakue Blue-tongued Skink

Tiliqua gigas keyensis


Links and literature

EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024-1 [196646]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/] [as Tiliqua gigas (Schneider, 1801)]
Data retrieved on: 29 January 2024
EN Reptile Database - Search [genus=Tiliqua&species=gigas]

Reptile Database - Search [http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/] [as Tiliqua gigas (SCHNEIDER, 1801)]
Data retrieved on: 20 August 2018
DE Zootier-Lexikon [2467:riesenblauzungenskink-tiliqua-gigas&Itemid=179]

Dollinger P.: Zootier-Lexikon
Data retrieved on: 26 May 2019
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