Black-and-yellow sineyazyky skink. Lizards and snakes of Australia. Australia

Black-and-yellow sineyazyky skink

16 May, 2011

Black-and-yellow sineyazyky skink ( Tiliqua nigrolutea) - Plate-tailed lizard of the family, inhabiting both the mountain and in the plain areas in the south-eastern Australia, and in the northern part of the the island of Tasmania.

Black and yellow sineyazyky skink is a fairly large lizard reaching a length of 50 Centimeters. The body color is from the top of a lizard from chocolate brown to black with small patches of cream, pink or orange, which merge into transverse stripes, head is usually lighter colored body. Individuals living in the northern part of the island of Tasmania, usually larger and darker colored, than skinks living in the south-east of the country, in Victoria.

Black and yellow sineyazyky skink eats plant foods, basically it leaves, flowers and fruits of all kinds, but in rare cases can skink and hunt invertebrates and small rodents.

The pairing of a black and yellow sineyazykih skink occurs in October, and in March-April, females give birth to 8 pups. Like all species of the genus Tiliqua, black and yellow sineyazyky skink - viviparous.