Pink Tongue

[iceman]

there is another pic of the same pink tongue

 

[zen]

Pink-tongued Skink

Thanks for that Iceman,

That definitely helps.
:idea: The general location is more for my curiosity.
:idea: The length is helpful when attempting to determine the gender, as adults are much easier to sex than juveniles.

I assume you mean that 30 cm is the total length of the lizard, from the tip of the snout ('nose') to the tip of the tail.
Is that correct :?:

's/v' length is short for 'snout to vent' length, which is the distance between the tip of the snout to the vent (cloaca or 'anus').

Assuming that 30 cm is the total length (as 25 cm is the max. adult s-v length for this species) that makes it a sub-adult.
Sub-adults can pretty reliably be sexed using the size of the head compared to the snout-vent length.
Not that it's that important what gender it is anyway, unless you're doing a scientific study.


zen

 

[iceman]

yes that the length from snout to tail tip was about 30cm.

 

[krusty]

very nice
i have an adult female that looks like
that one.
and i am looking to buy an adult male like the one
in the photos so if any one can help PM me

 

[junglemad]

cough cough...did u say female?? post pics please so we can see it is exactly the same perhaps?

 

[zen]

Thanks for the confirmation that 30 cm was the total length.
That makes it a sub-adult.


Males of breeding age have a distinctly swollen tail base at this time of year.
Just this arvo, I went out the back & had a close look at an adult male.
He's swollen at the tail base, but not uniformly.
When viewed from above you can see that the swelling is greatest ventrally. i.e if you had a cross section, it would be pear shaped.
The swelling is caused by the turgid hemipenes.

It's sorta hard to describe. I hope you get the idea.
It's the same for many other reptile species at this time of year.

Anyway, I hope I've helped.


Cheers, john

 

[iceman]

zen- thanks for that it dose help a bit, but like i say im more into pythons then anythink else.

 

[krusty]

cough cough...did u say female?? post pics please so we can see it is exactly the same perhaps?

i will try and post some pics tomorrow.

 

[iceman]

can't while to c them krusyy

 

[peterescue]

Hinulia gerrardii - Gray 1845
became
Hemisphaeriodon gerrardii - Peters 1867
then
Tiliqua gerradii - Mitchell 1950
then shown to be substantially different by Hutchinson - 1981
but left in Tiliqua genus
till
Hemisphaeriodon gerrardii - Wells and Wellington 1984-85
while
Cyclodomorphus Gerrardii - Czechura - 1986
but
Hemisphaeriodon gerrardii - Cogger - 1989
yet
Cyclodomorphus Gerrardii - Knowles, Wilson - 1998
and
Shea in 1990
They animal in question will remain gerrardii as that is the species represented in the halotype.
The genus seems to still cause a lot of speculation.

And Cyclodomorphus was previously Omolepidae.

They all feature in the Tiliqua lineage but not necessarilty the genera.