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Philip
The Eastern Blue-tongued Lizard Tiliqua scincoides is common in
Canberra suburbs, particularly in well established gardens where it finds
shelter in rockeries, compost heaps, wood piles and beneath houses. They are not
venomous and are good to have in the garden because they eat snails as well
as other invertebrates and fallen fruit. They produce a dozen or more live young
in summer. Many are killed by cats and dogs, and run over.
Scraping a squashed blue-tongued lizard from the driveway is a most irksome
task, and certainly not one to be contemplated while enjoying a pizza topped
with melted cheese and tomato paste.
John Layton
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