{"id":485,"date":"2017-08-23T18:15:19","date_gmt":"2017-08-23T08:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybackyard.info\/backyardblog\/?p=485"},"modified":"2017-08-23T18:16:29","modified_gmt":"2017-08-23T08:16:29","slug":"blue-tongue-lizard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mybackyard.info\/backyardblog\/?p=485","title":{"rendered":"Blue tongue lizard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m restarting my blog at new location here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mybackyard.info\/mybackyard\/\">http:\/\/mybackyard.info\/mybackyard\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This last post contains some rediscovered photos and video of a mother blue tongue lizard and her 2 babies who took up residence in our garden shed back in 2012.<\/p>\n<div class=\"av-subheading av-subheading_below \">\n<p><strong>Eastern Blue Tongue Lizard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Scientific Name: <em>Tiliqua scincoides<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybackyard.info\/backyardblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_2784.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-487 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/mybackyard.info\/backyardblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_2784.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mybackyard.info\/backyardblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_2784.jpg 450w, http:\/\/mybackyard.info\/backyardblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_2784-300x286.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Beautiful markings on mum&#8217;s back.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybackyard.info\/backyardblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_2786.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-490 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/mybackyard.info\/backyardblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_2786.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mybackyard.info\/backyardblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_2786.jpg 450w, http:\/\/mybackyard.info\/backyardblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_2786-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Baby Bluey &#8211; I&#8217;ve read that around 10 young is the usual number born but we only found 2 in and around the shed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybackyard.info\/backyardblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_2788.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-492\" src=\"http:\/\/mybackyard.info\/backyardblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_2788.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mybackyard.info\/backyardblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_2788.jpg 450w, http:\/\/mybackyard.info\/backyardblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_2788-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Blue tongues are omnivores, eating plant material, insects and snails and slugs. 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