We too are blessed to have resident Eastern Blueys in our yard down in Melbourne. They really enjoy devouring the snails in our garden beds, their treat of choice! And if there's any leftover dog food in the dog bowls, they'll go that too haha :) Many mistake them for tiger snakes at first glance due to the striping on their backs and the way they scurry about with their long bodies and small legs. Many times you'll find they inhabit the same areas too so it always pays to be extra cautious. As common as they are, they're one of my favourite reptiles and are always a joy to observe. Glad you had some fun spotting them Dav, they are indeed an awesome, yet underrated animal.
I do gardening and lawmowing for a job. At one of the strata titles we maintain in the Sutherland shire in Sydney I came across a massive one. I was wipper snipping the grass near a hedge and it stuck his head out as I agitated it and put up the defensive move. I stopped the brush cutter and let it grab the chord to move it so I wouldn't hurt it at all. The jaw pressure is like a vice on them. It had magnificent colours on him. It wouldn't let go for like 15 mins. I tried shaking it but he wouldn't let go. It did eventually when we tried to cut the chord, and went off in the hedge we use 3 millimetre thick chord, heavy duty. He wanted to kill it, I didn't want to hurt him. So glad I didn't. Beautiful lizard. He would have been close to 1/2 a metre.
@@erikm8372 he surely wanted to do that. he stated it in the gecko daddy episode, but due to covid and current world condition he has not been able to do it same as the original poster, i would want to see leopard geckos in the wild. especially because there aren't much proper documentation, even decent documentation on them in their natural habitat
Sweet finds!!! I like how you're showing us how animals live in the wild. I recently added leaf litter, isopods, and springtails to my Brazilian Rainbow Boa enclosure and bumped the moisture level in the bedding because your video showing how they live in the wild. Thank you!!
Keep the awesome videos coming ! You should go to the Solomon Islands to find Varanusspinulosis so we can learn a little bit about how they should be kept ! Not much known about them, I love mine such an amazing monitor
Awww I love living in Australia. I love seeing skinks on a daily basis in warmer weather. I'm in WA and our bluetongues and shinglebacks are so lovely!
I mean... I keep my smaller animals on paper towels it's easier when you have a bunch of animals and you want to keep the enclosures sanitary. I dont wanna take them out to feed them in a second enclosure everyday while they eat. the premade diets I feed them seem to be fine in there enclosures (even with substrate) but I've seen skinks grab entire mouths full of substrate when feeding on live insects so I've started using paper towels in my smaller animals setups. I couldnt give a care in the world less what is said on FB, I do what I personally feel is best for the well being of my animals and what I find is the easiest and most inexpensive way to do so. My adults are kept on substrate but they can pass the small amounts of substrate they consume alot easier then hatchlings and i still use a feeding tub when they get insects (I feed my adults live insects alot less then I feed the juveniles.) That said you've also gotta realize when keeping your animals as natural as possible that most wild animals don't live very long in the wild with only a small fraction meeting there life expectancy in captivity. Not only due to predators getting ahold of them but also due to the fact that they are animals and don't know what's best for them I'm 100% positive some skinks along with bearded dragons have died from impaction in the wild. I feel that when we keep an animal in captivity it's more important that we as keepers provide them with what's best for there well being over what's the most natural option. This is just my opinion, I will always be a fan of naturalistic setups I just feel there is a happy medium. Do what's best for your animals while providing an enclosure that's as natural as possible.👍 meet in the middle, you'll never find me keeping anything in a Barbie fun house.😂
There aren't any terrariums, thermometers, water dishes, or heat bulbs out there either so I guess we should just let our blue tongues free roam and let nature take its course, I guess. Based on what you've said, that would obviously be the best course of action because it's natural. As long as a keeper is feeding their pet a proper diet, cleaning up after them, and keeping them at appropriate temperatures all in a way that does not risk the well-being of the animal, I fail to see why the method of their doing so is relevant.
Zues Toots I don't see how that's backwards. Dirt is a loose substrate, but there's plenty of rocks and sticks to minimize the risk of impaction in the example showed in the video. Someone who's using purely a loose substrate could potentially endanger or even kill their reptile due to a lack of these obstacles and it's not like these people are pulling this information out of their butt. There are hundreds maybe even thousands of documented cases of these tragic incidents happening, and it may not have happened to you, but it doesn't mean that it won't. I'll take safe over sorry any day of the year and if that means I have to bury some rocks in my enclosure or not use loose substrate at all because it might help my pet in the long run, then that's something I'm willing to do for the longevity of my pet.
Imani Williams So your saying we should take the easy way out and just use paper towel/newspaper instead of investing and buying plenty of rocks and soil to accurately replicate the natural environment? People should NEVER get an animal unless they can provide it the most natural enclosure possible even if they means spending hundreds of dollars on substrate.
Where I live in Australia we are really limited in what we can buy, so I am looking at an eastern or blotched blue tongue as a first lizard, or an Eastern Bearded Dragon. It's really nice to see some of these lizards that I don't see as much on them on websites and channels from other countries. I recently had a blue tongue in my yard, he was really chunky and so calm as I looked at him and my dog barked at him (from behind a fence). I love the Grey Eastern.
Awesome video! I love seeing how blue-tongue skinks live in the wild. Very cool to see what kind of substrates/temperatures they have there. I am going to make one teensy correction though (yes, I am that person) -- the blackberries you showed are actually not native to North America, because those are the Himalayan blackberries. The blackberries native to North America have leaves that grow in groups of three, whereas you can see the Himalayan blackberries have leaves that grow in groups of five. The Himalayan also tend to grow more vertically, while the native species stays closer to the ground. The Himalayan blackberries are also invasive in North America, out-competing many native plants that typically live close to the ground in sunny areas; but of course, just like in Australia, some of our native animals will capitalize on it as well.
That green and orange Eastern is stunning! I didn't know very much about blue tongue skinks before, so this was a great spotlight on the species and how they are living in Australia; really interesting. 🤗🌿🦎
Mine live amongst the rocks and boulders in our retaining walls. They love to come out an sneak away with strawberries, tomatoes, and other assorted small veggies. I absolutely love when I catch sight of them and don't mind sharing our produce at all because they're just so cute to watch! I think we've a mix of rocks and dirt (what Dav shows in his hand looks exactly what we have in southeast Queensland) plus a lot of grass...our bluies seem just fine :)
You are living our dream man!!! And doing it so well absolutely love this channel!! Super great dude and awesome attitude towards animals!! I have started my own channel because of you!!!
You also need to take into consideration that climate change has impacted Australia severely. These temperatures used to be very atypical for blue tongues.
When it comes to exporting eastern blue tongue skinks, look to New Zealand instead. Out of all reptiles in the hobby here, Eastern BTS are one of the most common. Apparently we also have blotched BTS (& cunningham's skink) but I've never seen anyone with them. All of them are captive-bred, and we allow overseas export of blue tongues since they're not native or protected here. I remember hearing that some people in the US got their easterns from NZ exports. However the caveats are that we have no morphs (genetic or line-bred,) and most if not all are grey-phase. Our reptile keeping community is also very small and not as popular as overseas, so you don't find anyone working with them beyond small-scale hobbyists. I mean Tremper albino & hypo leopard geckos have only _just now_ entered the public after how many decades.
We have them here along with Water dragons, Bearded Dragonrs, Frill Necks & Lace Monitors. We did buy some reptile food to leave out as we are in a bad drought. They don't like it, birds do though. Our "Blueys" like our farm cats dry food.
Nice to have you down under 🇦🇺 Hope you enjoyed touring part of Oz. Keep the great videos coming they are very educational for the world we live in and great for people to see these reptiles in there natural environment.👍
i'd like to make the point that centrallian blueies (and other blueies occasionally) are basically always on red sand in the wild, and some other species do find themselves in sandy environments and live through it just fine. (though it depends on whether or not the previous generations where used to sand aswell, and you shouldn't give northerns etc sandy enclosures.
Great video as always Dav!!! Love all the videos. So educational and informative as always!!! Keep up the great and amazing work Dav!!! Thank you for sharing!!! YOUR #1 FAN ~ Amanda Mandigo
@@davkaufmansreptileadventures your awesome Dav!!! Your welcome!!! Thank you for being such a great inspiration to so many people. Keep up the great work!!! We love you and be safe.
Excellent video as usual! Just wanted to say, in case no one else has. Those blackberry bushes are invasive here in the states as well. There is only one native and it's found in the Northwest. That one however is an Asian variety! Kep up the great work. You have a fan for life! Joe.
I have an eastern blue tongue living in my front garden in melbourne, he lives in a gap between the ground and a concrete path leading up to my doorway, hes gotten use to my presence to i can get really close to him
Its iro ic to see this because I got turned onto Eastern by Reptile Moutain's green phase victoria stock (thingm its victora?) But to see that green coloring in the wild just makes me love them even more. Beautiful animals
Awesome video, I've been looking for some Australian blueys for a while just because of how incredible they look and their exceptional personalities. Do you know of any good breeders of blue tongues, I've had a hard time finding them for less than $1,000
I'd like to see how ackies do in the wild, I've got a small one, can't wait for it to be big and used to me, I'd love to have big lizards in my backyard….
I’m down south in Victoria in a nursing home and I’ve got a blue tongue out side my door he comes out onto a little concrete patio outside my sliding door that leads to a little garden and on a sunny day last week I caught sight of a blue tongue creeping past my door I sat inside so I wouldn’t scare him or her people say if you have a blue tongue in your garden or under your wood pile you won’t get snakes and most gardeners like them because of the havoc they cause snails in the garden they don’t eat enough plant matter to upset Gardner’s when you compare the benefits of their snail and slug eating ability
I live in suburbia Sydney, eating lunch outside at work the blueys will walk through the leaf litter not fazed by humans interactions . I pick them up have a look then let them go on there way with no issues. Brown snakes are just as common but not as friendly
@@davkaufmansreptileadventures We need to pump this channel up. All the videos are so infomative and educational. I was an athelete and so are two of my sons. I have three. My third so is mega into reptiles and he got me into them. Channels like this help facilitate the bond betweeen me and my boy. Thanks for allowing us to be a part of you awesome adventures. I am so proud of my son he just sucessfully captively bred our first clutch of bearded dragons. You rock and we wish you all the best. PS my son is going to freak out when he see's you replied. Thanks brother.
I have had the privilege of seeing blue tongue skinks in the wild, they are very aggressive animals the complete opposite of captive bred skinks. I was in the bushland when I found them my friends property had a lot of fallen trees on the ground and leaf litter, they like somewhere they can absorb the sun but somewhere which offers protection from birds and predators. They like the same conditions as snakes there was a lot of snakes in the same area where I found the blue tongue skinks mostly brown snakes, tiger snakes & red bellied black snakes
@@davkaufmansreptileadventures they can be defensive and territorial, however you're well trained with reptiles I reckon you'd just be the lizard whisperer haha. I also had a pet and it bite my mates finger he freaked out and it tore the skin turns out they can give quite a bite too
A friend of mine in Sydney had one that lived under his fridge for years. It used to come out and eat the cat food. Eventually, sick of picking up gigantic lizard turds and the thing so big it only just fit under the fridge he was exiled to the back yard.
Hey Dav! I love your videos, especially this particular series and any of the herping expeditions filmed in Australia. One thing I was wondering was since many of the Australian Native Species were federally protected, is it illegal to handle them? Even if it’s for a few minutes and then releasing them? Do you need a specific License for that or permission from the government? Just wondering
My blue tongue does not like it hot she will avoid the basking spot most the time and burrow into the cool sandy soil but she will burrow down to the heat pad at night its weird
Great video, should be a bit more captive bred Easterns this season. Tc Houston luckily brought some great zoo stock in last year. Between him and the other breeders working with easterns should be very promising. It's my 1st season breeding northerns hopefully in a few weeks babies should start popping.
@@davkaufmansreptileadventures With Tc, R&B reptiles, ron couto, Austin Molyneux and a few other smaller breeders with pairs the Easterns population hopefully should expand in the u.s. I'm hoping myself to get into them in 2020 if they are successful. 1st season breeding northerns @ Blazin Blue Tongues fingers crossed babies start dropping in a couple weeks.
Did a search for eastern blue tongue skinks and can't find anyone breeding them here in the US at least not publicly. With their rarity I can only imagine the outrageous prices any breeders here would be charging for them.
I really like these kinds of videos, especially on showcasing native environments
I'll have more of them coming up!
We too are blessed to have resident Eastern Blueys in our yard down in Melbourne. They really enjoy devouring the snails in our garden beds, their treat of choice! And if there's any leftover dog food in the dog bowls, they'll go that too haha :) Many mistake them for tiger snakes at first glance due to the striping on their backs and the way they scurry about with their long bodies and small legs. Many times you'll find they inhabit the same areas too so it always pays to be extra cautious. As common as they are, they're one of my favourite reptiles and are always a joy to observe. Glad you had some fun spotting them Dav, they are indeed an awesome, yet underrated animal.
I agree, they are very underrated! You're lucky to have them in your yard!
I do gardening and lawmowing for a job. At one of the strata titles we maintain in the Sutherland shire in Sydney I came across a massive one. I was wipper snipping the grass near a hedge and it stuck his head out as I agitated it and put up the defensive move. I stopped the brush cutter and let it grab the chord to move it so I wouldn't hurt it at all. The jaw pressure is like a vice on them. It had magnificent colours on him. It wouldn't let go for like 15 mins. I tried shaking it but he wouldn't let go. It did eventually when we tried to cut the chord, and went off in the hedge we use 3 millimetre thick chord, heavy duty. He wanted to kill it, I didn't want to hurt him. So glad I didn't. Beautiful lizard. He would have been close to 1/2 a metre.
I would love to see a are we keeping them correctly leopard gecko Edition
would that involve going to Pakistan
@@erikm8372 he surely wanted to do that. he stated it in the gecko daddy episode, but due to covid and current world condition he has not been able to do it
same as the original poster, i would want to see leopard geckos in the wild. especially because there aren't much proper documentation, even decent documentation on them in their natural habitat
Wow the first blue tongue was calmer than mine who is very socialized
Sweet finds!!! I like how you're showing us how animals live in the wild.
I recently added leaf litter, isopods, and springtails to my Brazilian Rainbow Boa enclosure and bumped the moisture level in the bedding because your video showing how they live in the wild.
Thank you!!
Nice!
"What are the blue tongue skinks doing out here?" They be squigglin.
Great video man! Love those bubs!
Thanks!
Keep the awesome videos coming ! You should go to the Solomon Islands to find Varanusspinulosis so we can learn a little bit about how they should be kept
! Not much known about them, I love mine such an amazing monitor
I would love to!
Awww I love living in Australia. I love seeing skinks on a daily basis in warmer weather. I'm in WA and our bluetongues and shinglebacks are so lovely!
Oh look, the substrate is dirt, not paper towel, newspaper, or carpet...
Right, FaceBook warriors are the worst.. "Oh no you cant anything loose" Every single fucking thing they say is ass backwards.
I mean... I keep my smaller animals on paper towels it's easier when you have a bunch of animals and you want to keep the enclosures sanitary. I dont wanna take them out to feed them in a second enclosure everyday while they eat. the premade diets I feed them seem to be fine in there enclosures (even with substrate) but I've seen skinks grab entire mouths full of substrate when feeding on live insects so I've started using paper towels in my smaller animals setups. I couldnt give a care in the world less what is said on FB, I do what I personally feel is best for the well being of my animals and what I find is the easiest and most inexpensive way to do so. My adults are kept on substrate but they can pass the small amounts of substrate they consume alot easier then hatchlings and i still use a feeding tub when they get insects (I feed my adults live insects alot less then I feed the juveniles.) That said you've also gotta realize when keeping your animals as natural as possible that most wild animals don't live very long in the wild with only a small fraction meeting there life expectancy in captivity. Not only due to predators getting ahold of them but also due to the fact that they are animals and don't know what's best for them I'm 100% positive some skinks along with bearded dragons have died from impaction in the wild. I feel that when we keep an animal in captivity it's more important that we as keepers provide them with what's best for there well being over what's the most natural option. This is just my opinion, I will always be a fan of naturalistic setups I just feel there is a happy medium. Do what's best for your animals while providing an enclosure that's as natural as possible.👍 meet in the middle, you'll never find me keeping anything in a Barbie fun house.😂
There aren't any terrariums, thermometers, water dishes, or heat bulbs out there either so I guess we should just let our blue tongues free roam and let nature take its course, I guess. Based on what you've said, that would obviously be the best course of action because it's natural.
As long as a keeper is feeding their pet a proper diet, cleaning up after them, and keeping them at appropriate temperatures all in a way that does not risk the well-being of the animal, I fail to see why the method of their doing so is relevant.
Zues Toots I don't see how that's backwards. Dirt is a loose substrate, but there's plenty of rocks and sticks to minimize the risk of impaction in the example showed in the video. Someone who's using purely a loose substrate could potentially endanger or even kill their reptile due to a lack of these obstacles and it's not like these people are pulling this information out of their butt. There are hundreds maybe even thousands of documented cases of these tragic incidents happening, and it may not have happened to you, but it doesn't mean that it won't. I'll take safe over sorry any day of the year and if that means I have to bury some rocks in my enclosure or not use loose substrate at all because it might help my pet in the long run, then that's something I'm willing to do for the longevity of my pet.
Imani Williams So your saying we should take the easy way out and just use paper towel/newspaper instead of investing and buying plenty of rocks and soil to accurately replicate the natural environment? People should NEVER get an animal unless they can provide it the most natural enclosure possible even if they means spending hundreds of dollars on substrate.
Unreal video! I always live vicariously through you. One of these I'm going to finally meet you and ask you how you got to all this. You're my hero
Thanks Andy!
Can't get enough of the Australian reptile adventures.
Glad to hear it!
Where I live in Australia we are really limited in what we can buy, so I am looking at an eastern or blotched blue tongue as a first lizard, or an Eastern Bearded Dragon. It's really nice to see some of these lizards that I don't see as much on them on websites and channels from other countries. I recently had a blue tongue in my yard, he was really chunky and so calm as I looked at him and my dog barked at him (from behind a fence).
I love the Grey Eastern.
I used to have a couple blue tongues. After watching this I'm definitely getting them again! BTW, you have beautiful eyes
Awww, thanks :)
Wholesome
Hey Dāv, great video. I would like to see you video the Northern blue tongue skinks in the wild. Thank you for the video’s. 🐍🐢🐸🐊🦎👊🏼
I will next time I'm up in the NT for sure
@@davkaufmansreptileadventures yes!!!
Super interesting, you have a great teaching style too! Love your videos ❤️
Thank you!
Awesome video! I love seeing how blue-tongue skinks live in the wild. Very cool to see what kind of substrates/temperatures they have there. I am going to make one teensy correction though (yes, I am that person) -- the blackberries you showed are actually not native to North America, because those are the Himalayan blackberries. The blackberries native to North America have leaves that grow in groups of three, whereas you can see the Himalayan blackberries have leaves that grow in groups of five. The Himalayan also tend to grow more vertically, while the native species stays closer to the ground. The Himalayan blackberries are also invasive in North America, out-competing many native plants that typically live close to the ground in sunny areas; but of course, just like in Australia, some of our native animals will capitalize on it as well.
Thanks for this! I didn't know that. I guess plants aren't my thing. And no, you are never "that person" if you have new information to share :)
Dav,
It was great watching you catch wild blues, that must have been so much fun.
Brian / FGS
It's always amazing to see these guys in the wild. It just isn't a good trip unless I find a few!
Love this series of videos! Keep them up! Still hoping you do one on ackie monitors or similar dwarf monitors.
I will next time I'm up there
That green and orange Eastern is stunning! I didn't know very much about blue tongue skinks before, so this was a great spotlight on the species and how they are living in Australia; really interesting. 🤗🌿🦎
I know, right?
Thats funny we have had the same blue tongue in my yard for the last 20 years and it lives on a substrate of sand and its still alive funny that.
Mine live amongst the rocks and boulders in our retaining walls. They love to come out an sneak away with strawberries, tomatoes, and other assorted small veggies. I absolutely love when I catch sight of them and don't mind sharing our produce at all because they're just so cute to watch! I think we've a mix of rocks and dirt (what Dav shows in his hand looks exactly what we have in southeast Queensland) plus a lot of grass...our bluies seem just fine :)
Great video Dav!! Thanks for always taking us along...we love Blue Tongues ❤🙌
Thanks guys!
I love blue-tongued skinks like they're my favorite reptiles, I have one as a pet - an eastern blue-tongue.
There in our yard been there for years. Awesome vid Dav
You are living our dream man!!! And doing it so well absolutely love this channel!! Super great dude and awesome attitude towards animals!! I have started my own channel because of you!!!
That's great to hear! Thanks!
@@davkaufmansreptileadventuresas have i
Awesome video! I love this series of videos. No one else makes videos like you. I love your channel!!
Thanks Martin! Glad you're enjoying it
I don't know why I chuckled, at "...what are the blue-tongued skinks DOING out here?" lol. I love these vids!!!
thanks for posting this man, too many people don't know how to properly set up their enclosures sadly
Great video!
Thanks!
I hope I see another video wi a stumpy tailed lizard. They are amazing and everywhere near the vic/nsw border. My favorite.
Exactly the video I needed! I'm always curious about how animals live in their natural habitats!
Just discovered these videos. Love seeing the reptiles I have in my reptile room at home, in their native environment. Thank you man
You also need to take into consideration that climate change has impacted Australia severely. These temperatures used to be very atypical for blue tongues.
When it comes to exporting eastern blue tongue skinks, look to New Zealand instead. Out of all reptiles in the hobby here, Eastern BTS are one of the most common. Apparently we also have blotched BTS (& cunningham's skink) but I've never seen anyone with them. All of them are captive-bred, and we allow overseas export of blue tongues since they're not native or protected here.
I remember hearing that some people in the US got their easterns from NZ exports.
However the caveats are that we have no morphs (genetic or line-bred,) and most if not all are grey-phase. Our reptile keeping community is also very small and not as popular as overseas, so you don't find anyone working with them beyond small-scale hobbyists. I mean Tremper albino & hypo leopard geckos have only _just now_ entered the public after how many decades.
Love the vids!
Great video. Thanks for making all the videos you do! I learning how reptiles live in the wild and how we really should keep them in captivity.
Glad you enjoyed!
That's sick dude!!
TC Houston just imported a breeding group of them from NZ...
Can't wait to see what he produces!!
#RattleOn
Interesting
We have them here along with Water dragons, Bearded Dragonrs, Frill Necks & Lace Monitors.
We did buy some reptile food to leave out as we are in a bad drought.
They don't like it, birds do though.
Our "Blueys" like our farm cats dry food.
Love waking up to your video unfortunately I have to work so yay to a good being only can go down from here haha x
That's awesome! Glad you're enjoying!
How about an episode detailing the different Indonesian BTS species in the wild? Show the Indos some love! :P
An amazing and interesting episode, good job man 😊
keep up your fantastic work 👍
Thanks!
Nice to have you down under 🇦🇺 Hope you enjoyed touring part of Oz. Keep the great videos coming they are very educational for the world we live in and great for people to see these reptiles in there natural environment.👍
Thanks! I always enjoy coming down to Oz!
Another nice one man. Keep it up. Love ya Dav.
Thanks!
Really helpful video thanks!
I have a couple beautiful Easterns, they're the best 😍 so calm and such personalities
Great video
Thanks!
i love these kind of videos. keep it up man!
Glad you're enjoying them
i'd like to make the point that centrallian blueies (and other blueies occasionally) are basically always on red sand in the wild, and some other species do find themselves in sandy environments and live through it just fine. (though it depends on whether or not the previous generations where used to sand aswell, and you shouldn't give northerns etc sandy enclosures.
Good point, you are correct, but in domestic enclosures, they cant always find refuge from the sand if that's all they have as a substrate.
I love your videos Dav and those skinks are amazing.
Thanks Susan!
I love the easterns but the meraukes are my favorite. I'm so glad I lucked into getting one
Meraukes are really cool lizards!
I have a few in my backyard currently they're beautiful to see
Great video as always. It would be nice to have a video like this, but the ones from Indonesia, or at least explain the differences. ty!
Great video David!
Love Blue Skink lizards!
Who is David?
I blame spellcheck Dav..
Lol!
1:55 oh no you didn't hahahahaha, great vid man!
They all look like they are angry just the way their eyes are. Great video thanks for sharing.
Lol! That's true!
Great video as always Dav!!! Love all the videos. So educational and informative as always!!! Keep up the great and amazing work Dav!!! Thank you for sharing!!!
YOUR #1 FAN ~ Amanda Mandigo
You're awesome Amanda! Thanks!
@@davkaufmansreptileadventures your awesome Dav!!! Your welcome!!! Thank you for being such a great inspiration to so many people. Keep up the great work!!! We love you and be safe.
awesome video series, I would love to see one on leopard geckos
Excellent video as usual! Just wanted to say, in case no one else has. Those blackberry bushes are invasive here in the states as well. There is only one native and it's found in the Northwest. That one however is an Asian variety! Kep up the great work. You have a fan for life! Joe.
Amazing video bro!! 🤘🏼🤘🏼
Thanks!
Right on Dav ,this was an Awesome vlog man..Lizard guy...
Thanks!
Great video mate, Keep it up
Thanks!
Bluey in my backyard loves his snails and blueberries
I have an eastern blue tongue living in my front garden in melbourne, he lives in a gap between the ground and a concrete path leading up to my doorway, hes gotten use to my presence to i can get really close to him
Were the wild skinks you caught as chill as captive ones?
Almost more chill actually
Its iro ic to see this because I got turned onto Eastern by Reptile Moutain's green phase victoria stock (thingm its victora?) But to see that green coloring in the wild just makes me love them even more. Beautiful animals
Another great video Dav, could you do a video on bearded dragons in the wild. :)
It's coming up in this series!
@@davkaufmansreptileadventures That will be one to look forward to!!
Awesome video, I've been looking for some Australian blueys for a while just because of how incredible they look and their exceptional personalities. Do you know of any good breeders of blue tongues, I've had a hard time finding them for less than $1,000
Thanks! That's about what good one are going for actually
I'd like to see how ackies do in the wild, I've got a small one, can't wait for it to be big and used to me, I'd love to have big lizards in my backyard….
I've found them in the wild on previous trips, but I have plans to go back and film this episode soon
Great video, the green was pretty but that gray phase got my vote
Great video ^^
Great Video!
Thanks!
I’m down south in Victoria in a nursing home and I’ve got a blue tongue out side my door he comes out onto a little concrete patio outside my sliding door that leads to a little garden and on a sunny day last week I caught sight of a blue tongue creeping past my door I sat inside so I wouldn’t scare him or her people say if you have a blue tongue in your garden or under your wood pile you won’t get snakes and most gardeners like them because of the havoc they cause snails in the garden they don’t eat enough plant matter to upset Gardner’s when you compare the benefits of their snail and slug eating ability
Great footage! Love your videos. Are the Australia copperhead venomous? I would definitely be wearing tall boots to berry pick in Australia!😳
They are very venomous!
I live in suburbia Sydney, eating lunch outside at work the blueys will walk through the leaf litter not fazed by humans interactions . I pick them up have a look then let them go on there way with no issues. Brown snakes are just as common but not as friendly
That's really cool!
I have three Easter’s. Just got them. So pumped
Nice!
@@davkaufmansreptileadventures We need to pump this channel up. All the videos are so infomative and educational. I was an athelete and so are two of my sons. I have three. My third so is mega into reptiles and he got me into them. Channels like this help facilitate the bond betweeen me and my boy. Thanks for allowing us to be a part of you awesome adventures. I am so proud of my son he just sucessfully captively bred our first clutch of bearded dragons. You rock and we wish you all the best. PS my son is going to freak out when he see's you replied. Thanks brother.
I have had the privilege of seeing blue tongue skinks in the wild, they are very aggressive animals the complete opposite of captive bred skinks. I was in the bushland when I found them my friends property had a lot of fallen trees on the ground and leaf litter, they like somewhere they can absorb the sun but somewhere which offers protection from birds and predators. They like the same conditions as snakes there was a lot of snakes in the same area where I found the blue tongue skinks mostly brown snakes, tiger snakes & red bellied black snakes
I've never met a mean wild bluie, maybe I should go herping with you next time :)
@@davkaufmansreptileadventures they can be defensive and territorial, however you're well trained with reptiles I reckon you'd just be the lizard whisperer haha. I also had a pet and it bite my mates finger he freaked out and it tore the skin turns out they can give quite a bite too
nice looking animals
Have I written before (I think so) that I love these “check your husbandry “ videos? :)
It's ok to say it again :)
Dave, can you do frilled lizards please. Same as how you did this video. Substrate in the wild, temperature etc. Thanks!
Yes I can!
Hey dude :) would love to se a video on the varanus acanthurus inn the wild :) Great video btw
Working on it!
@@davkaufmansreptileadventures sweet dude :) ceep up the good work
Do you have a video like this for northerns?
A friend of mine in Sydney had one that lived under his fridge for years. It used to come out and eat the cat food. Eventually, sick of picking up gigantic lizard turds and the thing so big it only just fit under the fridge he was exiled to the back yard.
Hey Dav! I love your videos, especially this particular series and any of the herping expeditions filmed in Australia. One thing I was wondering was since many of the Australian Native Species were federally protected, is it illegal to handle them? Even if it’s for a few minutes and then releasing them? Do you need a specific License for that or permission from the government? Just wondering
Never heard them referred to as blue tongue skinks we've always called them blue tongues or blueys
Technically they are called Blue-tonged Skinks, but some refer to them as Blue tongue Skinks or in Australia, Blue tongue lizards.
love blueys.
My blue tongue does not like it hot she will avoid the basking spot most the time and burrow into the cool sandy soil but she will burrow down to the heat pad at night its weird
Another awesome video! I know the Indonesians require higher humidity but how do the temperature requirements compare? Thanks!
Thanks! Temps are about the same, but with those, it's all about the humidity levels
Two or three of them live in my back yard. I keep them by letting them kill all of the pests in my garden. :-D
It literally hurt my feet watching that guy run barefooted.
Great video, should be a bit more captive bred Easterns this season. Tc Houston luckily brought some great zoo stock in last year. Between him and the other breeders working with easterns should be very promising. It's my 1st season breeding northerns hopefully in a few weeks babies should start popping.
I may have to look into that!
@@davkaufmansreptileadventures With Tc, R&B reptiles, ron couto, Austin Molyneux and a few other smaller breeders with pairs the Easterns population hopefully should expand in the u.s. I'm hoping myself to get into them in 2020 if they are successful. 1st season breeding northerns @ Blazin Blue Tongues fingers crossed babies start dropping in a couple weeks.
Best of luck!
Dig the opening too...
I love them!! Just cant afford 1😭
U can get them for free off Craigslist
Did a search for eastern blue tongue skinks and can't find anyone breeding them here in the US at least not publicly. With their rarity I can only imagine the outrageous prices any breeders here would be charging for them.
There's a few.Depending on where you live, Tinley has a ton, and Pomona has a ton as well. I'd consider hitting up these expos to find one.
how and why there are only 162k subs in this channel???
Would you do one of these on Savannah Monitors?
You should do a video with the Biodude, definitely worth a facility tour, bioactive is the best way to replicate a natural environment.
I should! I like his channel
They’re much more common in suburbia where there are more snails and slugs.
I prefer the Easterns!
Wish I could handle them with such ease. Would they bite if handled