Eastern Water Skinks have a long tail and their back is greenish-greyish brown with small black spots. They also have a white stripe that runs from their eye down the side of their body. Most are around 28 cm long. Eastern Water Skinks live in forests, woodlands and parks and urban gardens in eastern Australia. They shelter in holes and burrows, under logs and rocks, and near streams and ponds feeding on a diet of water beetles and other aquatic insects, snails, tadpoles, spiders, small fishes, smaller lizards and native fruit.
When Eastern Water skinks breed, the males and females mate in spring and as many as nine live babies are born in summer. They create nests in moist soil under objects in the garden. The Australian Museum respects and acknowledges the Gadigal people as the First Peoples and Traditional Custodians of the land and waterways on which the Museum stands.
Image credit: gadigal yilimung shield made by Uncle Charles Chicka Madden. Australia is host to six species of bluetongue. The blotched bluetongue can often be seen basking on rocks and roads in south-eastern Australia.
The coppery garden skink can be found basking and foraging among the leaf litter of suburban gardens. Large groups of more than 18 lizards may latch onto each other during spring mating season in flamboyant territorial displays.
Known only to inhabit Lancelin Island, a 7. Populations of this rare skink are threatened due to the invasion of its habitat by exotic weeds and disturbance by humans. A prickly, desert-dwelling lizard that lives in small family groups in tree hollows, rock crevices and termite mounds. Evades predators by inflating its body with air to jam itself in wood or rock cracks. Foraging for plant material such as fungi and fruit on the rainfor-est floor, this giant can live up to 23 years. Are two spectacular tree frogs remarkably similar species or one and the same?
Dr Jodi Rowley goes in search of the answer. Close Menu. Facebook Twitter Instagram Instagram Adventure. Popular this week A long way from home: Antarctic penguin makes it all the way to New Zealand New Zealand conservationists have released an adelie penguin back into the sea after the Antarctic-based bird swam thousands of kilometres to make a rare visit. Herbivores will consume a variety of fruits, leaves and other greens. Carnivorous lizards eat meat such as insects, worms, eggs, lizards, rodents, snakes, birds and abandoned carcasses.
Feed wild lizards as many crickets and mealworms as they will eat, two to three times each week. Offer dark greens such as kale, collard and mustard greens for omnivorous species. Change the water dish with dechlorinated freshwater each day and remove any feces from the enclosure as soon as you notice them. Lizards are definitely garden good guys. The most popular Australian reptiles to keep are the Blue-tongue Lizard, Tiliqua scincoides, and the Central Bearded Dragon, Pogona vitticeps, both of which are interesting and easy to care for.
Turtles are also popular pets, however a lot of time and effort needs to go in to water changing and filtration. Lizards hate the smell of garlic so you can hang it round the house, or keep cloves of garlic near doors and windows to keep away the pests. You can also make a spray using garlic juice and water and spray it around the house. However, make sure that you do not try to catch a wild lizard and keep it as a pet. Capturing a wild lizard will cause the lizard to feel stressed and it may die as a result.
Ham and bacon. Like meat, beardies should not eat bacon or ham. They can have vegetables such as leafy greens, squash, carrots, peppers, broccoli, string beans, sweet potatoes, pumpkin, celery, cucumbers, and asparagus, with smaller amounts of fruit such as bananas, apples, pears, peaches, melon, plums, apricots, nectarines, watermelon, grapes, papaya, pineapple, and berries.
Bread is not nutritious and should not be offered. Worms: Yes. Some house lizards will eat earthworms.
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