Shingleback Lizard at Kiah, NSW
Identification history
| Tiliqua rugosa | 8 Aug 2019 | PatrickCampbell | ||
| Unidentified | 7 Aug 2019 | jimm |
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User's notes
Tiliqua rugosa. Unusual, out-of-range sighting
6 comments
JackieMiles
wrote:
8 Aug 2019
Indeed. That would just about have to be an escapee from captivity I would think.
PatrickCampbell
wrote:
9 Aug 2019
I agree. It's definitely a Shingleback (Tiliqua rugosa) and looks to be the eastern subspecies T. rugosa asper. It's out of its natural range and possibly a dumped or escaped pet (as mentioned) or possibly picked up on the road and transported to this ill-suited coastal district. Either way, it's wholly unsuited to humid coastal regions such as this, so unless rescued will probably inevitably succumb to ill-health.
MaxCampbell
wrote:
9 Aug 2019
I've created Tiliqua rugosa in our data base as a non-local native. I've added this description: Habitat: Dry sclerophyll forest, open woodland and semi-arid and arid areas. Sightings on the coast are unlikely to be natural occurrence.
PaulWhitington
wrote:
10 Aug 2019
Thanks for your comments, Patrick and Max. I posted this sighting for Jim Morris who found the lizard on his property. Jim doesn’t use the internet himself, so I’ll pass on your comments. I’m sure he’ll be interested. Paul
PatrickCampbell
wrote:
10 Aug 2019
You're welcome Paul. It's probably in the lizards best welfare to have it rescued by a wildlife carer, such as someone from WIRES. It's been quite dry lately but as soon as the wet weather hits, it'll probably get a respiratory infection, which without treatment may prove to be fatal.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.857743-37.160361
- Places Kiah, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 4 Aug 2019 12:23 PM Recorded on
- jimm Recorded by
Species information
- Tiliqua rugosa Scientific name
- Shingleback Lizard Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Non-local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 888.04m Recorded at altitude
- 387 images trained Machine learning
