Today's Rescue

[den]

I received a phone call just as I was knocking off from work. A lady had a blue tonged lizard in her back yard. The lizard was a good 18 inches long. They love snails and slugs, but they go absolutely crazy over ripe strawberries. The tongue is poked out as a threat display, and is, as you can see, blue. Hence the name. They are very quiet and easy to handle, but if you're careless the bite hurts.

A lot.

It was a rescue/relocate, so I relocated her to my back yard to get rid of the snails. I hope the neighbours don't complain about their strawberries.

And now, This:

Comments

[elynne.livejournal.com]

Heeehehehehehe... snerk Is the tongue really that big? Wow... and blue, hence the name. :) Cool. It looks like a lizard that's been sucking on a blue lollipop or something.

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

It is that blue! And that big.

Around here they are light grey with dark grey strips. Sometimes we get dark brown ones with tan stripes, while around Sydney they are midnight blue with yellow stripes. Around Perth and in the deserts they are pale red-brown with light brown stripes.

But every one has that tongue.