The blue-tongued skink's geographic range is all of eastern Australia.He lives out in the open in the summer, and in the winter they dig holes underground. In the classroom, the blue-tongued skink needs a forty to fifty gallon tank. The temperature needs to be seventy to ninety degrees - no lower but, a little higher if needed.
In the wild, the blue-tongued skink eats snails, baby mice, rats, carrots, and peas. In the classroom the blue-tongued skink eats canned dog food. The animal that eats the blue-tongued skink would be the hawk. They start hissing at predators when they try to attack the blue-tongued skink.
Every year they walk for miles to find their mate.They live alone, not in groups.The life span was not recorded , but in the classroom they live up to twenty to thirty years of age. The blue-tongued skink gives birth to live young, rather than laying eggs.
The observations that I made are: that they blink from underneath the eye and it sags when it walks. Skinks lack the ability to change colors. They are easily tamed pets. The blue-tongued skink is one of the most well known skinks.
