A Very Pregnant Blue Tongue Lizard.

This little lady is called Hissy because she always hisses at us when we feed her with mushrooms or raw meat.

She lives under our log shed but today is so hot that with a combination of being pregnant and the heat she didn't even have the energy to hiss. She just stuck her tongue out as she passed by.

I wonder if we are going to have Christmas babies.

[*lynn]

What a beautiful creature!

[Shutterbug]

That tongue is amazing. Lizards are great to have around. We have quite a few, but none as pretty as this.

[Annie D]

She's beautiful - they have so many little ones and they are very cute

[Kathy A]

Great capture of that tongue

[Diana]

How gorgeous she is and beautifully captured. I love that blue tongue and the lovely markings. For some reason I thought they laid eggs, I can't wait to see the babies.

[Yao RL]

They do freak me out, Christmas babies, Run.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

@ludwigsdiana yes most lizards do, but blue tongues give birth to live young!

[Babs]

@ludwigsdiana Katrina is right they do give birth to live young. We had a blue tongue who gave birth on New Years day in our garden a few years ago, she had 9 babies. David taking photos as she was producing the babies, she wasn't happy

[PhotoCrazy]

Very cool!

[eDorre]

What neat patterns. Can't wait for the baby pics

[Valerie Chesney]

Oh Babs! She is gorgeous!

[Wylie]

Oh how lovely, baby bluies are so cute!

[Issi Bannerman]

Oh my, she's hissy and pregnant. Love that blue tongue!

[Boxplayer]

What an astonishing creature

[Nigel Rogers]

Wow, what a great tongue, interesting stories here about these creatures.

[Beryl Lloyd]

Aaw! wonderful with that blue tongue , and pregnant for Christmas !

[Susan Wakely]

Fabulous blue tongue. Hope that we see the babies very soon.

[Joan Robillard]

Nice

[John Falconer]

Before I read the above comments I googled live birth blue tongue lizards and was very surprised they give birth to live young. Next time I’ll read the comments first!

[Casablanca]

Poor girl. Hard to be pregnant in the high heat.

[Dione Giorgio]

Beautiful closeup shot and a lovely lizard. Very interesting narrative and some of the comments from friends.

[Mags]

Great shot! I see that blue tongue too.

[Christine Sztukowski]

Wow I've never heard of a blue tongue before amazing

[Merrelyn]

She's beautiful. I hope we'll get to see the babies.

[Corinne C]

Oh this is so beautiful!

[Margaret Brown]

A most unusual blue tongue, nice capture

[Angela]

Goodness, what a house guest!

[carol white]

Great capture, amazing blue tongue

[Junan Heath]

Great shot!

[Rob Z]

How wonderful for you to have her living with you. We had one in our old house. There are fabulous animals and seem to be quite clever. A very healthy looking little lady.

[Carole Sandford]

Great capture. I would probably run a mile if this was in my garden, but you have very different garden visitors to us.

[Pat Knowles]

Oh how exciting Babs…..hope we shall get to see the babies! Never heard of blue tongue lizard before. What a different world you live in these days from old England!!

[Kathy]

Whqt blue tongue!

[Pyrrhula]

Great catch and capture.

[Taffy]

Wow -- I've never seen one, much less one who is pregnant!

[Babs]

@lynnz @shutterbug49 @kjarn @yaorenliu @photographycrazy @edorreandresen @happysnaps @pusspup @jamibann @boxplayer @nigelrogers @beryl @wakelys @joansmor @johnfalconer @casablanca @sangwann @marlboromaam @365projectorgchristine @merrelyn @corinnec @craftymeg @angelar @carolmw @paintdipper @robz @carole_sandford @happypat @randystreat @pyrrhula @taffy @taffy Thanks. I have just spotted her again sunning herself on the patio. I had just fed one of our regular currawongs with raw mince (photo to come later today) and when he had flown off I gave the blue tongue some mince too.

As said above they give birth to live young and as I was watching her I could see the babies moving under her skin. Not sure whether I will actually see the birth because they tend to hide in among the flowers for that procedure, but I am sure we will see some of the babies soon because shortly after the birth the babies fend for themselves.

[Rick]

Great shot. New one to me, for sure.

[Ingrid]

Awesome shot and information! I would never have guessed these do not lay eggs. How exciting to be able to watch this! Looking forward to seeing more photos and updates!