Chapter 9 of 9 · Blue-Tongued Skink Care Guide

Sources

Disclaimer: I'm not a veterinarian and I don't hold a degree in animal science or animal care. This guide is compiled from the published sources listed in every chapter. For a sick animal, a reptile vet is the authority.

Numbers match the bracketed citations in each chapter. Each source is listed once, under the chapter where it is first cited; later chapters reuse the same number. Sources marked "hobby report" are keeper or breeder experience rather than veterinary or peer-reviewed work.

Chapter 1: Start Here

  • [1] ReptiFiles, Blue Tongue Skink Care Guide (overview). reptifiles.com
  • [2] ReptiFiles, Tiliqua Species (subspecies chapter). reptifiles.com
  • [3] LafeberVet, Basic Information Sheet: Northern Blue-Tongued Skink. lafeber.com
  • [4] Unusual Pet Vets (Australia), Caring for Blue-Tongued Skinks (care sheet, PDF). unusualpetvets.com.au
  • [5] Zen Habitats, Northern vs Indonesian Blue Tongue Skinks: Key Differences. zenhabitats.com
  • [6] ReptiFiles, Enclosure Size chapter. reptifiles.com
  • [7] ReptiFiles, Lighting, Heating and Humidity chapter. reptifiles.com
  • [8] BeWild Reptile Rescue, Indonesian Blue Tongue Skink Care Guide (MorphMarket Community repost, July 2023). community.morphmarket.com
  • [9] Zen Habitats and ReptiFiles, Blue-Tongued Skink care sheet. zenhabitats.com
  • [10] ReptiFiles, Food and Feeding chapter. reptifiles.com
  • [11] ReptiFiles, Handling chapter. reptifiles.com
  • [12] ReptiFiles, Intestinal Parasites. reptifiles.com
  • [13] Merck Veterinary Manual, Nutritional, Metabolic, and Endocrine Diseases of Reptiles. merckvetmanual.com
  • [14] Cascade Kennels, Blue-Tongued Skinks (repost of a 2015 care sheet from The Center for Bird and Exotic Animal Medicine, Bothell, WA; posted 2016). cascadekennels.com
  • [15] CDC, MMWR: Reptile-Associated Salmonellosis, Selected States, 1996-1998. MMWR 1999;48(44):1009. cdc.gov
  • [33] CDC, Reptiles and Amphibians (Healthy Pets, Healthy People; updated January 13, 2026). cdc.gov

Chapter 2: Housing and Environment

  • [16] The Bio Dude, Care Sheet for Classic Indonesian Blue Tongue Skink. thebiodude.com

Chapter 3: Feeding

No new sources; this chapter uses sources 3, 4, 8, 10, 14 and 16.

Chapter 4: Handling and Behavior

  • [17] Exotics Keeper Magazine, July 2022, blue-tongued skink breeding feature. issuu.com
  • [18] FurryCritter.com, Blue Tongue Skink Breeding (hobby report; not a veterinary or peer-reviewed source). furrycritter.com

Chapter 5: Health and Hygiene

  • [19] ReptiFiles, Blue Tongue Skink Health overview. reptifiles.com
  • [20] ReptiFiles, Blue Tongue Skink Illnesses: Metabolic Bone Disease. reptifiles.com
  • [21] World Wildlife Fund, Responsible Pet Guide: Indonesian Blue-Tongued Skink. worldwildlife.org
  • [34] New York State Environmental Conservation Law § 11-0103(6)(e), definition of "wild animal." nysenate.gov

Chapter 6: Breeding

  • [22] San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Library, Eastern Blue-tongued Skink Fact Sheet: Reproduction and Development. ielc.libguides.com
  • [23] Exotics Keeper Magazine, "Blue or False?" (Indonesian Tiliqua gigas locales and breeding). exoticskeeper.com
  • [24] McKenzie A, Li T, Doneley B. A comparison of two techniques to identify the sex of the eastern blue-tongue skink (Tiliqua scincoides scincoides). Australian Veterinary Journal 2022;100(8):407-413. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
  • [25] Reptiles Magazine, Blue-Tongued Skink Sexing. reptilesmagazine.com
  • [26] Animal Diversity Web, Tiliqua nigrolutea. animaldiversity.org
  • [27] Wikipedia, Northern blue-tongued skink (general reference; secondary source). en.wikipedia.org
  • [28] MorphMarket Community, "Breeding Blue Tongue Skink advice" (hobby reports). community.morphmarket.com

Chapter 7: Genetics, Localities and Morphs

  • [29] Kingsnake.com forums, "Can blue tongued skinks interbreed?" (Northern x Eastern crosses; hobby report, 2009). forums.kingsnake.com
  • [30] Koppetsch T, Wantania LL, Boneka FB, Böhme W. Crossing the Weber Line: first record of the Giant Bluetongue Skink Tiliqua gigas (Schneider, 1801) from Sulawesi, Indonesia. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 2020;69(2):185-189. zobodat.at
  • [31] MorphMarket Community, "Blue Tongue Skinks traits - Category upgrade" (January 2021; trait list built from US breeder submissions; hobby report). community.morphmarket.com
  • [32] Aussie Pythons and Snakes forum, "Leucistic Blue-tongue Skinks" (Australian hobby report). aussiepythons.com

Chapter 8: New Owner Checklist

No new sources; the checklist summarizes chapters 1 through 5.

Last revised November 6, 2026.