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Western Blue Tongued Skink (Tiliqua occipitalis)

Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2017 10:46 am
by Fedes87
Hi people, information about breeding? terrarium-substrate-temperature...? Who can help me? Thanks :D

Re: Western Blue Tongued Skink (Tiliqua occipitalis)

Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2017 11:39 pm
by kingofnobbys
much the same as easterns, as the climate is virtually identical .

range : Image

pretty easy to google the climate in their range, and if you check the tourist info for places like Kalgoorlie, Perth, Alice Springs, Geraldton, Coober Pedy you'll see the typical terrain .

Re: Western Blue Tongued Skink (Tiliqua occipitalis)

Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2017 11:49 pm
by kingofnobbys
Fedes87 wrote:Hi people, information about breeding? terrarium-substrate-temperature...? Who can help me? Thanks :D


hope he / she wasn't wild caught and illegally trafficked to end up in Italy

Re: Western Blue Tongued Skink (Tiliqua occipitalis)

Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 12:21 am
by Fedes87
boys is just for personal information ... I do not have T.occipitalis..hope in the future. You can breed as Northern Blue Tongued Skink? or not?

Re: Western Blue Tongued Skink (Tiliqua occipitalis)

Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 4:10 am
by kingofnobbys
Fedes87 wrote:boys is just for personal information ... I do not have T.occipitalis..hope in the future. You can breed as Northern Blue Tongued Skink? or not?


I refer you to :

Keeping and Breeding Australian Lizards
Edited by MIKE SWAN Mike Swan Herp Books, Lilydale, Australia. 2008 615 pp. Softcover. ISBN: 9780980366716


Beware - you'll see many wonderful Australian Species in the book and will want more .

Re: Western Blue Tongued Skink (Tiliqua occipitalis)

Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2017 12:23 am
by Fedes87
Thanks, does anyone have direct experience?