shingleback lizard
tiliqua rugosa latin

The shingleback lizard (also known as the stumpytail) is commonly seen in the park during spring, summer and autumn.

Shingleback Lizards (right) are monogamous, mating then spending most of the year apart, but always finding the same mate the next year.

A Pair of Shingleback Lizards, or Stumpytails, attempt to terrify the photographer.

Some species stayed loyal, even waiting by their dead mates for days, such as the Australian shingleback lizard, while others were more "flexible" in their affiliations.

Some species of fauna commonly encountered in the national park include the southern brown bandicoot, tawny frogmouth, brown tree frog and shingleback lizard.

Bird, animal and insects include the mistletoebird (Dicaeum hirundinaceum), the shingleback lizard (Tiliqua rugosa) and the trapdoor spider.

Keeping Shingleback Lizards by Darren Green, Published by Australian Reptile Keeper Publications 1999.

In 2007, it was reported that an albino stumpy-tail lizard (possibly a shingleback lizard), approximately 12 cm long and about one-year-old, had been found in Victoria, Australia.

The nature reserves at Mulligans Flat and nearby Goorooyarroo, include four native bird species and populations of rare shingleback lizard, echidna, frog and reptile species.

Keeping Shingleback Lizards Darren Green 2001 PB 33pp Shingleback lizards are a common sight in pet shops and within the pet trade in eastern Australia.

The men, aged 38 and 33, were caught by Customs and WA Department of Parks and Wildlife officers on Monday, trying to smuggle 28 specially protected Rottnest Island shingleback lizards, one bearded dragon and one skink out of Perth International Airport.