tjuninguṟu ankupai tjuṯa

lizards and snakes

kuniya
woma python (Aspitites ramsayi)

id:9865 order:393

Kuniyangku ngampu tjuṯa liringka para-tjunkula waṉaṟa katipai.
The woma python can carry it’s eggs by putting them around it’s neck (body just behind it’s head).
langka
kaḻamiṟa
lungkaṯa
iḻingkarkaṟa
blue-tongue lizard (Tiliqua sp.)

id:9857 order:380

Langka taḻitjarangka nyinapai munu rawa para-ngaṟapai iwarangka kuḻukuḻu.
The blue-tongue lizard lives in sandhill country and is always wandering around on roadways as well.
papangaurpa
wauṟa
gecko

id:9858 order:384

Papangaurtu aṉangu nyakula tjaakatira nguḻutjingalpai wiṯa puḻkatjarangku.
When a gecko sees a person it opens its mouth wide and (tries to) frighten them using lots of saliva.
tjimpilka
dragon lizard

id:9859 order:386

Tjimpilka taḻi tjaṉpitjarangka wala puḻka para-wirtjapakaṟinkupai.
The dragon lizard darts around rapidly on sandhills covered with spinifex.
mutingka
type of skink

id:9860 order:387

Mutingka panya pilangka ngaṟapai tjaṉpitjarangka.
The skink lives in plain country covered with grass/spinifex.
ngiyaṟi
miniri
mountain devil, thorny devil (Moloch horridus)

id:9861 order:388

Ngiyaṟi waṯa minga puḻkatjarangka rawa ngaṟala minga tjuṯa ngalkupai.
The thorny devil stands for a long time at a tree trunk full of ants and eats lots of them.