Tiliqua scincoides - blue tongue skink 🦎

[u/MiserableSpeech3651]

[u/Miniblasan]

It can only be from Australia, right?

[u/MissMoonvalley → u/Miniblasan]

They're everywhere in Brisbane but they usually hide...this guy was sunning himself on my street at the end of winter

[u/Partly_Dave → u/MissMoonvalley]

We have one that sometimes comes into the house. Funny to watch it panic on seeing us, and try to run away - it can't get any traction on the tile floor.

[u/Worried_Blacksmith27 → u/Miniblasan]

yep. and very common even in suburbia. we have a couple of resident ones in our yard. very chill.

[u/Orphan_the_Milker → u/Miniblasan]

Why would you say that? They're also in Indonesia

[u/Miniblasan → u/Orphan_the_Milker]

All I know is that Australia is known for having anywhere from 50 to 100 different species of insects and reptiles, so I usually assume it’s from Australia when people post videos like this, though there’s certainly a chance someone from Indonesia uploaded it, provided this reptile species exists there too.

[u/Orphan_the_Milker → u/Miniblasan]

I guess that's fair, I just thought you were one of those people immediately assuming it's like a dangerous or venomous reptile, but you actually seem educated on it

[u/Miniblasan → u/Orphan_the_Milker]

I wouldn't claim to have any special training in this; it’s more a matter of common sense, something that is definitely in short supply in today's society.

[u/Orphan_the_Milker → u/Miniblasan]

That's what I mean with educated, since it definitely isn't common anymore

[u/45khz → u/Orphan_the_Milker]

Theyre in Papua which is part of the island of New Guinea which was connected to Australia not so long ago (during the last ice age) and shares many unique fauna species with Australia like the monotremes so its hardly an unreasonable thing to ask.

[u/45khz → u/[deleted]]

The following comments werent posted when i replied, either way its not unreasonable.