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CITES III
Scincidae

Eastern Blue-tongued Skink

Tiliqua scincoides scincoidesจิ้งเหลนลิ้นฟ้าตะวันออก

Traceable. The figures above appear in the page we cite, which we opened on 10 Aug 2026. That means you can check them, not that we have confirmed they are right. reptifiles.com

Photograph: James K. Douch · CC BY-SA

Photographed by an observer on iNaturalist and published under a Creative Commons licence; the photographer and the licence are named under the image. It is not an animal of ours, and no animal was handled by us to produce it.

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https://keepr.pet/husbandry/en/tiliqua-scincoides-scincoides

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Temperature21–29 °C
Humidity40–60 %

The numbers

Temperature

152025303540 °C
21–29°Cool side
18–24°Night
Warm side: not in our data

The cool side, 21–29°C, dropping to 18–24°C at night. This sheet states the cool side only. It gives no warm side or basking figure, so the hot end is not in our data. Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet statescool 21-29 °C / night 18-24 °C

Humidity

40–60%Target RH

The sheet states40-60%

UVB

Requiredrequired

The sheet statesa UV Index reading that ranges between 3.0-4.0 in the basking area

Identity

Origin

Enclosure and conditions

Temperature
cool 21–29 °C / night 18–24 °C
Humidity
40–60%

What your climate adds

This sheet states a range to hold. Your local climate decides how much work holding it is. Pick the nearest city: nothing is sent anywhere, the choice stays in this browser.

Common questions

Can I handle it?

Yes. This is one of the best reptiles for handling. Most are calm, curious and easy on the hand.

What does it eat?

An easy mixed diet: greens, vegetables, some fruit, insects and a little quality meat-based food.

Does it bite?

Rarely, but the jaws are strong and flat. Feed from tongs or a dish rather than fingers.

Can I keep two together?

No. Adults are territorial and can injure each other badly. One per enclosure.

What it needs

A thermometerbecause temp — cool 21-29 °C / night 18-24 °C
A way to check the night figurebecause temp — cool 21-29 °C / night 18-24 °C
A hygrometerbecause humidity — 40-60%
UVB, stated as requiredbecause uvb — a UV Index reading that ranges between 3.0-4.0 in the basking area
Not stated: The heat sourcethis sheet names only the cool side: « cool 21-29 °C / night 18-24 °C »
Not stated: The size of the enclosurethis sheet states no size

Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation. What the sheet does not state is listed too, rather than left out: a kit that looks complete is worse than one that names its gap.

Sources

reptifiles.com — lu le 2026-08-04reptifiles.com — lu le 2026-08-04reptifiles.com — lu le 2026-08-04nswfmpa.org — lu le 2026-08-04speciesplus.net — lu le 2026-08-08reptile-database.reptarium.cz — lu le 2026-08-08

Others in this group

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What this sheet states

62%
TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

This sheet states 4 of 7 of the fields this product runs on. What is missing turns something off: enclosure size audit, day/night engine and awake count on the globe, the diet section. We show the gap rather than fill it with a plausible number.

UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 421 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.