green lizard resting on a long green agave frond

o hi lil guy #LizardsOfMastodon

Close up photo of the head of an adult Eastern Water Dragon, seen side on.

Close up photo of the head of another Eastern Water Dragon, seen from the side.

Closeup photo of a third Eastern Water Dragon

Today we went to Roma Street Parklands, the best place in central Brisbane for communing with dragons.

The Eastern Water Dragons there are very used to having lots of humans around, and will happily pose for photos while you close to within almost arm's reach of […]

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Photo of a hole in the dirt inside a lizard enclosure.

Another photo of a hole in the dirt inside a lizard enclosure.

Photo of a lizard's tail sticking out of a hollow log.

The lizard dug a hole, and is now resting in his hollow log.

One of the big advantages of a "bioactive" reptile enclosure like Jerry's is that it does encourage natural behaviours. Having a soil-like substrate, a layer of leaf litter, and lots of isopods running […]

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Photo of a large wall mounted pinboard with two pieces of paper pinned to it.

Photo of two pieces of paper attached to a pinboard. One has "Pets of AAO and SoE 🐾" printed on it, the other is a photo of a blue tongue skink with its blue tongue sticking out.

So far the "Pets of Australian Astronomical Optics and School of Engineering" photo board in the staff lounge is 100% lizards. Small sample size, admittedly.

#LizardPosting #Lizard #LizardsOfMastodon

Photo of the head of an Eastern Water Skink poking out from under a corrugated steel wall.

The photos that aren't of an archery target are of the archery lizard. This water skink was keeping an eye on things from under the club house.

#LizardPosting #Archery #SkinksOfMastodon #StabbingAtADistance #LizardsOfMastodon #Skink #Lizard

Photo of an adult Eastern Water Skink sitting on a weathered concrete surface.

One of the neighbourhood water skinks on the footpath in front of our house this morning, trying to soak up some warmth in a gap between rain showers.

#LizardPosting #SkinksOfMastodon #LizardsOfMastodon #Skink #Lizard

Photo of a blue tongue skink inside a lizard enclosure, lying stretched out with his head on a flat stone.

Resting his chin on the rock where his food bowl gets put, looking for all the world like he's thinking "Why is there no food here? This is where my food normally appears. I definitely should be getting food right now. Can't you see I'm wasting away." […]

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Photo of a pile of lizard related products: a UV-B lamp tube, a heat lamp globe, 4 different kinds of canned insects, and a plastic tub containing meal powder and giant mealworms.

Photo of a blue tongue skink looking upwards towards a giant mealworms held in a pair of tongs.

Photo of a blue tongue skink with a piece of cucumber in his mouth.

Photo of a red dog toy, a ball with holes in it with blueberries stuck in 3 of the holes.

Gotcha Day goodies for Jerry.

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Tempting as it is to give that tail a boop/stroke I must resist, because that is the one and only way to annoy this lizard. Something touching his tail when he's inside his hollow log is the only thing that ever makes him hiss. Even getting some water on his tail while I'm watering the plants […]

Photo of the end of a hollow log with leaves scattered around it. The scaly tail of a blue tongue skink is sticking out of the log.

More often than not this is the view I get of the scaly sausage: the end of his tail sticking out of his hollow log.

He absolutely loves that log, and spends a lot of his time just hanging out in there. I was very lucky to get it. Shortly after I bought Jerry a […]

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Photo of the warm end of a lizard enclosure, showing a basking rock, basking, UV and LED lights, a few plants, and dry leaves.

End on view of a glass lizard enclosure from the cool end, showing a water bowl, hollow log (with lizard tail sticking out of it), and dying ferns.

Jerry the blue tongue is coming up on his 5th Gotcha Day.

This has triggered the annual Ordering of the Replacement UV-B Tube, and I've ordered some of his favourite foods and a spare basking lamp while I was at it. Meanwhile I've topped up the leaf litter layer […]

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The lizard is wearing his ramp as a hat this morning.

Why? I have no idea.

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Photo of a blue tongue skink head and shoulders in profile.

I'm pretty sure that Jerry is watching the TV. He's come to the cool end of his enclosure and is just sitting there with his head raised. Intrigued by the sound and movement, I guess.

#LizardPosting #LizardsOfMastodon #SkinksOfMastodon #Lizard #Skink #BlueTongueSkink #BlueTongueLizard

Photo of a blue tongue skink in a lizard enclosure with a piece of carrot in its mouth.

Photo of a blue tongue skink poking its nose into a food bowl, but still keeping an eye on the photographer.

Now that I'm back in Australia Shinkansen posting will reduce, but #LizardPosting can resume.

Nice to see Jerry again after 3 1/2 weeks. Even when he had his face in his food bowl he still manages to eye me suspiciously.

#Lizard #LizardsOfMastodon #Skink […]

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Photo of a blue tongue skink grabbing a blueberry from on top of a hollow log

Photo of a blue tongue skink inside a lizard enclosure. Behind and above the skink is a plastic platform, with a blueberry hidden on top.

He spotted the blueberry on top of his hollow log almost immediately, but the one on his platform is still there for now.

#LizardPosting #SkinksOfMastodon #LizardsOfMastodon #BlueTongueSkink #BlueTongueLizard #Skink #Lizard

It's Jerry's birthday! 5 years old today. His birthday present was 3 big blueberries. He got handed one, but had to find the other two.

#LizardPosting #SkinksOfMastodon #LizardsOfMastodon #BlueTongueSkink #BlueTongueLizard #Skink #Lizard

Photo of a Hol-ee Roller dog toy, which is a rubber dodecahedron with holes on each face. The toy is sitting on a flat stone inside a lizard enclosure, and the head of a blue tongue skink is poking out from under the stone, looking at the toy.

Photo of a Hol-ee Roller dog toy on a flat stone, with some blueberries stuck in some of the holes. A blue tongue skink is reaching for the ball with its mouth.

Photo of an blue tongue skink wrestling with a Hol-ee Roller dog toy, trying to get blueberries out of it.

I decided to give Jerry some enrichment with the Hol-ee Roller dog toy. The smaller holes are just the right size to wedge blueberries in, making Jerry work a bit for his mid-week treat.

#LizardPosting #SkinksOfMastodon #LizardsOfMastodon #Skink #Lizard #Eidechse #BlueTongueSkink #BlueTongueLizard

Photo of a young Lace Monitor climbing a tree.

Closer photo of a young Lace Monitor climbing a tree.

Photo of a bearded dragon lying on an artificial ledge inside a reptile enclosure.

Photo of a long necked turtle lying on a basking platform inside a reptile enclosure.

After the gorges we dropped in to the Ku-Ring-Gai Wildflower Garden. Highlight for me was definitely seeing this young goanna while walking one of the short tracks.

The reptiles inside the visitor centre were pretty cool too.

#LizardPosting #LizardsOfMastodon #Lizard #Turtle

Photo of a wide river with tall trees and lush vegetation on either side.

Photo of a picnic bench with an Eastern Water Dragon sitting on the seat.

Photo of a bright coloured Eastern Water Dragon on the ground.

Photo of a large Eastern Water Dragon displaying his chest.

Communing with the water dragons down by the Lane Cove River yesterday morning.

#LizardPosting #LizardsOfMastodon #Lizard #HereBeDragons

Photo of Jimmy the Eastern Water Dragon lying on a rock next to a swimming pool.

Photo of Jeffrey the Eastern Water Dragon looking out from inside a swimming pool drain.

Photo of Jimmy that Eastern Water Dragon after jumping down to the side of the swimming pool.

Photo of Jimmy the Eastern Water Dragon looking out from inside the swimming pool drain.

Saw Jimmy again later. He was chilling next to the hotel pool until he saw another male water dragon (now known as Jeffrey) in the pool drain. That prompted him to jump down, do a display (head bob, standing tall, opening his mouth), then chase the other dragon […]

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Photo of an Eastern Water Dragon sitting on bark mulch next to a fence.

The kid has named this big boy "Jimmy". This is, apparently, His Spot, as he is frequently seen striking a pose in this exact location, near the hotel swimming pool.

#LizardPosting #LizardsOfMastodon #Lizard

Screenshot from an Adafruit.io web dashboard showing a plot of temperature over time. There are three traces, one of which stops abruptly after going up and down.

Photo of a Eastern Blue Skink lying on top of the back of a sofa.

The lizard is home alone while we're in Brisbane. I check his basking spot infrared temperature sensor to see whether he's been active or not, and it seems that today he was being active at least up to the point that he somehow managed to break the sensor. Thanks […]

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A bit of enrichment for the lizard. If he wants those blueberries then he needs to work out how to get them out of the ball.

He has done it before, https://youtu.be/MytegkCEQBo

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Photo of the head of a blue tongue skink resting on a log inside a lizard enclosure.

Sitting on the sofa, heard a rustling noise, looked right, and saw this guy staring at me. I think he's hungry.

#LizardPosting #SkinksOfMastodon #LizardsOfMastodon #BlueTongueSkink #BlueTongueLizard #Skink #Lizard

Photo of an Eastern Water Skink basking in the sun on a pale blue painted kerb stone.

Photo of another Eastern Water Skink basking in the sun on a pale blue painted kerb stone.

Someone told the wildlife that it is now officially Spring so the skinks near our offices are out basking in the sun. Nice to see them again.

#LizardPosting #SkinksOfMastodon #LizardsOfMastodon #Skink #Lizard

Screenshot of a Facebook post celebrating the 31st birthday of a blue tongue skink by the name of Norma Jean. The line of its mouth is crooked and uneven, a characteristic of elderly blue tongues.

Elderly blue tongue skinks somehow manage to look old and wrinkly, despite being covered in large scales. The scales along their lips go a bit wonky.

With a bit of luck Jerry might live to this sort of age, but he's still a youngster in blue tongue terms. He'll […]

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Close up color photo of a green anole lizard licking the surface of a metal hummingbird feeder base.

Lickin’ Lizards

#SilentSunday #Stunday #photography #lizard #LizardsOfMastodon #nature #BackyardWildlife

Green lizard nearly have a meter (1.5 feet) long without visible tail sits on branch with long foreleg hanging down. Evidence of cage beyond. From this distance the skin looks rough and there are spines along a top line from head to where the tail disappears.

Closeup of green lizard body skin showing regular pattern of small bumps and spines arising from back.

Closeup of head of green lizard whose skin contains many green features, including small plates, a large bump surrounded by a row of small plates with a round cap. There are slits, openings, tall spikes on midline but smaller spikes on upper back of head. The eyes, nose and mouth are actually not the most evident features on this interesting head.

#WorldLizardDay

🦎 The Green Iguana lives in trees in Central America and South America. They are big, up to 2 meters (yards) long, but just eat fruit and vegetation, not your hand.

🦎 Here are some close views for skin and spike appreciation, taken at the […]

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Photo of an Eastern Blue Tongue Skink lying on a basking rock inside a lizard enclosure.

Photo of an Eastern Blue Tongue Skink lying on a basking rock inside a lizard enclosure, with two blackberries on the rock next to it.

Photo of a man holding an Eastern Blue Tongue Skink.

Photo of man with an Easter Blue Tongue Skink on his head.

The scaly sausage came out of winter hiding again yesterday, so have some #LizardPosting

I checked to see if he was hungry with an offering of a couple of blackberries as a treat. He happily ate those and then went roaming around his enclosure looking for more […]

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Photo of an Eastern Blue Tongue Skink lying on a basking rock in a lizard enclosure.

Photo of an Eastern Blue Tongue Skink lying on a plastic ramp in a lizard enclosure.

Photo of the face of an Eastern Blue Tongue Skink.

Photo of the head of an Eastern Blue Tongue Skink from the side.

A rare winter appearance of the scaly sausage. He came out of his hide and was active for about half an hour before heading back to bed shortly after his lamps turned off for the evening. I was pleased to see that he looks to be in good condition. It'll probably […]

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