Blotched Blue-tongue Lizard, Tiliqua nigrolutea

Plate 131. The Southern, or Blotched, Blue-tongued Lizard, Cyclodus nigroluteus (now known as the Blotched Blue-tongue Lizard, Tiliqua nigrolutea) found about Melbourne

Not uncommon about Melbourne, where it is generally called "Blue-tongued Lizard," or "Sleepy Lizard." When kept in confinement it feeds on bread and milk, lapping the milk readily.