They can be found living in woodlands, at the margins of forests in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea.

They are a typical looking skink with a heavy built broad body with small legs. Their head is blunt, broad and triangular and they have a berry blue tongue.

If threatened blue tongued skinks will stand up on their front legs, puff themselves out and stick out their bright blue tongues, which show up starkly in contract to their pale pink mouths. This is a defence to hopefully scare away any would be predators!

Blue Tongue Skinks are omnivores, meaning they eat both plant and animal matter