Pygmy Blue-Tongue
Tiliqua adelaidensis
Family Scincidae
Endangered — AUS: Endangered, SA: Endangered
About
The Adelaide pygmy blue-tongue skink or pygmy bluetongue is a species of skink, a lizard in the family Scincidae. The species was previously thought to be extinct and only rediscovered in 1992. Known locations of the species extend from Kapunda in the Light River valley, about 77 kilometres (48 mi) north east of Adelaide, northwards to Peterborough, about 254 kilometres (158 mi) north of Adelaide.
How to spot it
Real occurrence confirmed near Belair National Park (Atlas of Living Australia, date unrecorded) — no separate physical description was available on Wikipedia for this species, see the source link for more.
Documented on these trails
Found in
- Belair National Park — Adelaide, the Hills & Fleurieu Peninsula hikes