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    Species Accepted

    Tiliqua gigas (Schneider, 1801)

    Giant Blue-tongued Skink
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Tiliqua
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 1 country or island

      1 result
      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      South AfricaNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      15 results
      Escinco-de-língua-azul-da-Indonésia Portuguese
      Giant Blue-tongued Skink English
      Giant Bluetongue English
      Giant Bluetongue Skink English
      Indonesian Blue-tongued Skink English
      Neuguinea-Riesenblauzungenskink German
      New Guinea Blue Tongue English
      Nieuw-Guinea blauwtongskink Dutch
      Riesenblauzungenskink German
      tilikva obrovská Czech

      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Adler,G.H.; Austin,C.C. & Dudley,R. (1995). Dispersal and speciation of skinks among archipelagos in the tropical Pacific Ocean. Evolutionary Ecology 9: 529-541.
      Burt, Charles E.; Burt, May Danheim. (1932). Herpetological results of the Whitney South Sea Expedition. VI. Pacific island amphibians and reptiles in the collection of the American Museum of Natural History. Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. 63 (5): 461-597.
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      Oudemans, J. Th. (1894). Eidechsen und Schildkröten. In Semon, R. Zoologische Forschungsreisen in Australien und dem Malayischen Archipel. Denkschriften Der Medicinisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft Zu Jena, 8:127—146.
      Wagler, J. (1828). Descriptiones et icones amphibiorum. Vol. 1. J. G. Cotttae, Stuttgartiae, Monachii et Tubingiae, I-Xii Pp.
      Schade, W. (1980). Tiliqua gigas (Riesenskink). Sauria 2 (3): 23-24.
      Janssen, J., & Leupen, B. T. C. (2019). Traded under the radar: poor documentation of trade in nationally-protected non-CITES species can cause fraudulent trade to go undetected. Biodivers Conserv (2019).
      Hitz, R. (2001). Neuigkeiten in der Gattung Tiliqua (Echte Blauzungenskinke). Elaphe 9 (2): 61-64.
      Daan, S., & Hillenius, D. (1966). Catalogue of the type specimens of amphibians and reptiles in the Zoological Museum, Amsterdam. Beaufortia 13: 117-144.

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