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tuppies teddies Dec 30, 2008

Lizzy Lizard is a blue tongue lizard that lives under our house.

Now that the weather is getting warmer she/he comes out to have a sunbake...
Penny hasn't found her yet...

KJ Lyons Dec 31, 2008

Denise,
Lizzy lizard is wonderful :clap: Love the beautiful intricate scales! She looks like a fine sculpture.
Karen

Daphne Dec 31, 2008

Cool!!! I met a blue tongue lizzard this summer at a zoo in New York.
Glad there isn't one living under our house though... hubs wouldn't sleep at night! LOL!

Kat Dec 31, 2008

Awww! They have just got a pair of blue tongued skinks in at the pet shop I use for my crickets.

They let me hold the male, and he was a lovely little thing!

Woodbury Park Bears Dec 31, 2008

Hi Denise I have one too and I know when he/she is sun baking my dogs get very excited but don't get to close he/she gets up on the pool coping and we have a bushrock waterfall that he/she likes to sun on to (but not when anyone is in the pool) I think they are really lovely and their tongue is such a great shade of blue. You know when summer is really starting to warm up when they start to come out again.

Hugs

Raewyn

BFB-Lyn Dec 31, 2008

I've got a couple of those guys living around my garden and I also know when they are out and about because my dogs also get excited. I very nearly chopped one up the other day because it made a mad dash for cover as I approached with the grass cutter - had to swing a hard left to avoid him/her - thought I did a pretty smart move on the mower 

TamiL Dec 31, 2008

Oh my goodness, my westie would go NUTS!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL

SueAnn Help Advisor, Banner SponsorDec 31, 2008

What a nice lizard specimen!  Have never seen one like that.  How big/long is it?

tuppies teddies Dec 31, 2008

I haven't got close enough to measure him/her but I guess about 12"-30cm.

The fable about the blue tongues is if they happen to bite you a sore will appear every 12 months on the bite sight.

I think that all will happen is the bite may get infectious as their mouths harbor a lot of bacteria.
If they do bite you it means you have gotten too close and they have been annoyed.

Another fable is, if you have a blue tongue in your yard there will be no snakes.

All stories I reckon..

millie Dec 31, 2008

How cool to have such a guest.

  I don't have anything living under my house, but this little guy showed up on the porch.  He was brought out of hiding by the unusually warm weather we were having.  He decided to enjoy a bit of cat food on this warm, rainy evening.  I don't think he was too thrilled about having his picture taken.

SueAnn Help Advisor, Banner SponsorDec 31, 2008

Yup - I've had those critters in my attic.

danceswithteddybears Dec 31, 2008

Denise, lovely little lizard.  I'm sure I'd get used to having a family member of Lizzy Lizard around, I think, in time.  Maybe.
Nina, that's a possum, right?  I have one, or two, living under my house.  We're not too thrilled they've taken up housekeeping there.  They are a bit stinky.  Okay, more than a bit. 
Quiet, though.

Melbear Dec 31, 2008

Oh my.. lol. They sell those Skinks for hundreds of dollars here at the pet store... That is very funny they are running around there.

Hugs,
Melanie

Melbear Dec 31, 2008

Possums look kind of scary. We don't have those here either... too cold proably. They are very cute though!

Hugs,
Melanie

Michelle Helen Jan 1, 2009

Ummmm. Am I the only one that would freak out to see this critter in my back yard!!!   

Laurie Jan 1, 2009

I wouldn't be too keen to see one of those in my back garden but rather one of those than a snake anyday
Laurie :hug:

baggaley bears Jan 1, 2009

I wouldn't be too keen to see one of those in my back garden but rather one of those than a snake anyday
Laurie :hug:

Hey nothing wrong with snakes  :crackup:  :crackup:  :crackup: 

Hehehe  :hug:  :hug:

Hugs  :hug:
Vicki xx

Laurie Jan 1, 2009

They just give me the creeps Vicki-I don't know why
We live opposite some woods where we take our dogs for a walk and there are grass snakes and adders so we keep away from there in the summer.I saw a large grass snake this year in the grass and wouldn't go over the woods anymore until I know it is too cold for them to come out
Laurie :hug:

baggaley bears Jan 1, 2009

Lol i know they aren't eveyone's cup of tea  :hug:  :hug:

Hugs  :hug:
Vicki xx

Kat Jan 2, 2009

What a beautiful snake Vicki 
I love reptiles, if you can't already tell 

tuppies teddies Jan 2, 2009

Most of the snakes we have in Australia are nasty venom biting critters.

They are all protected though.
Its not like they will chase you to bite you, most times when they have bitten someone it is because they have been cornered and feel threatened.

Carolyn Green Jan 2, 2009

Beautiful lizards possums and snakes - I like looking at the photos but would not want to meet them.

We have tiny little lizards over here called skinks - they are so beautiful and you often see them scurrying amongst dry leaves.
Their skins camouflage well in the leaves and grass and you have to be so careful you do not step on them.

Hugs
Carolyn

baggaley bears Jan 2, 2009

What a beautiful snake Vicki 
I love reptiles, if you can't already tell  :)

Thankyou Kat  :hug:
We have 3 snakes    Hubby thought i was mad when i told him i wanted one but now he love's them as much as i do.

Hugs  :hug:
Vicki xx