blue tongue
Australian reptile type
Blue tongue refers to a family of large Australian skinks with distinctive blue tongues they display as a threat.
The name also describes a viral disease affecting sheep and cattle, characterized by swelling and bluish discoloration of the tongue.
As a compound, blue-tongued skink is the standard term for the lizard.
- skinkSleek burrowing lizard
- lizardFour-legged scaled reptile
- reptileCold-blooded scaled vertebrate
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
- cyanosisBlue skin from low oxygen
oxygen · suffocation · choking · lick · forked · berry · stain · purple · bruise · disease · livestock disease · veterinary · sheep · cattle · virus · outback · basking · sunning
- Chow Chow dogchow chow, rough coat, smooth coat, purebred
- Livestock Diseasesbloat, hoof and mouth, anthrax, ketosis, brucellosis
australian fauna danger level
blue tonguetaipan
Venomous Australian snake
brown snake · death adder · tiger snake · saltwater crocodile · box jellyfish
blue, tongue, blues, blued, blueing, bluing, bluish, bluer, bluest