Garden friends

[lilacsigil]

This is Stumpy, a blue tongue lizard (skink) who lives in our garden. Two years ago she lost most of her tail - it looked like it had been partially bitten off, then the rest dried up and fell off - hence her name. Her tail is not as stumpy as it was! She currently looks very pregnant, so hopefully there'll be more blueys soon!

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[lilacsigil]

She is very cute! She's got used to me but once I got too close (that camouflage colouring is surprisingly effective!) and she showed me her blue tongue as a threat display. I jumped back as quickly as I could and she seemed highly satisfied with the reaction. Apparently it is even more alarming to birds who can see the UV component of the tongue!