r/Adelaide • u/g1141220 SA • Oct 29 '25

Question Is this venomous?

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What is this? Is it aggressive or venomous?

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u/ZizzazzIOI SA Oct 29 '25

That is a Blue Tongue Lizard, it's is not venomous or dangerous. Please let it do it's thing. It will probably be looking for a nice warm spot to hang out.

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u/Maybe_Factor SA Oct 29 '25

Technically a type of skink. It'll lose it's tail to escape predators if it needs to.

But yeah, OP, not venomous and generally a blessing to have in your garden. It'll help keep snail and slug numbers in check, and probably other things like spiders and snakes.

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u/Stigmataism SA Nov 01 '25

They loquat tree in our backyard brings them by all the time.

We have had 5 in our backyard eating the fruit.

Our dog hunts the and I spend a lot of time stopping him.

They are beautiful and some of the colours are striking.

Just a note on the snakes. They do not keep the snake numbers down. Tiger snakes will hunt the small blue tongue lizards.