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CITES III
Scincidae

Shingleback Skink

Tiliqua rugosa

Narrower than the page we cite. The source we cite, read on 10 Aug 2026, gives a wider range than the one above. The narrowing is ours and nobody here has written down why. reptifiles.com

Photograph: dhfischer · CC BY

Photographed by an observer on iNaturalist and published under a Creative Commons licence; the photographer and the licence are named under the image. It is not an animal of ours, and no animal was handled by us to produce it.

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https://keepr.pet/husbandry/en/tiliqua-rugosa

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warm end40 °C
cool end24–28 °C
Humidity30–50 %
Enclosure150×80×50

The numbers

Thermal gradient

152025303540 °C
24–28°Cool side
40°Warm side
18–22°Night

Day: a real gradient, 40°C warm against 24–28°C cool, so the animal chooses. Night: 18–22°C.

Why

Same scale on every sheet here, so two species compare by eye.

The sheet stateswarm 40 °C / cool 24-28 °C / night 18-22 °C

Humidity

30–50%Target RH

The sheet states[reptile-care.de] 30-50 %; [ReptiFiles] T. rugosa (Shingleback) - 20-40 %

Diet
virtually omnivorous, share of vegetables should be at least 50 %, minerals/vitamins (e. g. Herpetal Complete)

Identity

Origin

Enclosure and conditions

Enclosure

40 °C30–50 % RH150 cm50 cm
warm side
50100150200 cm
150 × 80 × 50 cmWidth × depth × height
120dm² of floor
Substrate: not in our dataWater: not in our dataHides: not in our dataUVB: not in our data

Drawn from the stated numbers. Only what the sheet states is drawn inside.

Why

The rectangle carries the exact width-to-height ratio of the figures above it, and the ruler under it places that width on the 0–250 cm scale every sheet here shares, so two species still compare at a glance. Nothing is added that the sheet does not name: a lamp drawn on a sheet that never mentions one would be invented equipment. What the sheet leaves out is listed rather than left blank, because an empty tank reads as « none needed ».

The sheet statesat least 150x80x50 cm WDH

Temperature
warm 40 °C / cool 24–28 °C / night 18–22 °C

What your climate adds

This sheet states a range to hold. Your local climate decides how much work holding it is. Pick the nearest city: nothing is sent anywhere, the choice stays in this browser.

Common questions

Why is it so expensive?

They breed very slowly, produce only one or two large babies at a time, and live extremely long.

How long does it live?

Genuinely decades. Thirty years or more is normal and some individuals go far beyond that.

Can I handle it?

Yes. They are slow and usually placid, though the bite is powerful on the rare occasion it happens.

Can I keep two together?

They famously pair up in the wild, but only house a known bonded pair, and never strangers.

What it needs

Enclosure at least 150 × 80 × 50 cmbecause enclosure — at least 150x80x50 cm WDH
A heat sourcebecause temp — warm 40 °C / cool 24-28 °C / night 18-22 °C
A thermostat to regulate itbecause temp — warm 40 °C / cool 24-28 °C / night 18-22 °C
A thermometerbecause temp — warm 40 °C / cool 24-28 °C / night 18-22 °C
A way to check the night figurebecause temp — warm 40 °C / cool 24-28 °C / night 18-22 °C
A hygrometerbecause humidity — [reptile-care.de] 30-50 %; [ReptiFiles] T. rugosa (Shingleback) — 20-40 %

Every line above is deduced from a value this sheet states, and names which one. Nothing here is a general recommendation.

Sources

reptile-care.de — lu le 2026-08-04reptifiles.com — lu le 2026-08-04reptifiles.com — lu le 2026-08-04speciesplus.net — lu le 2026-08-08gbif.org — lu le 2026-08-08

Others in this group

Northern Blue-tongued SkinkTiliqua scincoides intermediaEastern Blue-tongued SkinkTiliqua scincoides scincoidesBlotched Blue-tongued SkinkTiliqua nigroluteaFire SkinkLepidothyris fernandiSchneider's skinkEumeces schneideriOcellated SkinkChalcides ocellatusRed-eyed crocodile skinkTribolonotus gracilisMonkey-tailed SkinkCorucia zebrata

What this sheet states

77%
TemperatureHumidityEnclosure sizeActivityOriginDietSourcesUVB

This sheet states 5 of 7 of the fields this product runs on. What is missing turns something off: day/night engine and awake count on the globe, the diet section. We show the gap rather than fill it with a plausible number.

UVB is measured but does not count: it is absent from 421 of 678 sheets, and on most of them that is not a gap, since a nocturnal snake's sheet has no reason to state a UV index. Counting it would call the library incomplete without cause.