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title: "Blotched Bluetongue"
description: "Tiliqua nigrolutea — Reptiles. The blotched blue-tongued skink (Tiliqua nigrolutea), also known as the southern blue-tongued lizard or blotched blue-tongued lizard, is a blue-tongued skink endemic to south-eastern Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/blotched-bluetongue
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blotched Bluetongue

> Tiliqua nigrolutea — Reptiles. The blotched blue-tongued skink (Tiliqua nigrolutea), also known as the southern blue-tongued lizard or blotched blue-tongued lizard, is a blue-tongued skink endemic to south-eastern Australia.

- Scientific name: *Tiliqua nigrolutea*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptiles)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest)
- iNaturalist observations: 4009
- Wikidata: [Q892789](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q892789)
- iNaturalist taxon: [37466](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/37466)

## Names

- en: Blotched Bluetongue
- de: Schwarzgelber Blauzungenskink
- es: Tiliqua nitrolutea
- nl: Gevlekte blauwtongskink

## Countries with the most observations

AU (3869)

## Summary

The blotched blue-tongued skink (Tiliqua nigrolutea), also known as the southern blue-tongued lizard or blotched blue-tongued lizard, is a blue-tongued skink endemic to south-eastern Australia.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blotched_blue-tongued_skink

## Photo

![Blotched Bluetongue](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blotched-bluetongue/medium.jpg)

Photo: Craig Hyland · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/252847787

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/blotched-bluetongue?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).