AHB Series 24 – Shingleback Skink – Tiliqua rugosa rugosa | Lizard

THE PINECONE LIZARD · mates for life

A Series of Laugh and Grow

Real animals, reimagined plump and cheerful — painted in lifelike detail, sculpted impossibly cute.

Chubby & Full of Character

Rounded, soft and undeniably cute — yet every scale, wrinkle and marking is hand-painted true to the real animal. The reaction it gets in person is always the same: so detailed, and so adorable.

Ready to Display

A single, sturdy hand-painted piece — no assembly, no fuss. Set it on a desk or shelf and it holds its happy pose, ready to collect and show off.

Armored in Pinecones

Large, rough, knob-like scales cover its body like a pinecone or overlapping roof shingles — the source of both its names, ‘shingleback’ and ‘bobtail.’

Two ‘Heads’

Its short, blunt tail closely mimics its head, confusing predators about which way it will move — a clever trick for a slow lizard, and it flashes a blue tongue to bluff, too.

Faithful for Life

Extraordinarily, shinglebacks form long-term pair bonds, with the same male and female reuniting to breed season after season — a rare kind of loyalty in the reptile world.

A Gentle Aussie Icon

Common across the Australian outback and famously mellow, the shingleback is a beloved bush native — here rounded into a plump, pinecone-scaled figure.