Attracting lizards and skinks to your garden

A garden skink basking in the sun on a large rock

Blue-tongued Lizards, Marbled Geckos and Garden Skinks generally prefer to snack on insects, but are opportunists that will also eat berries and seed.

Habitat tips

  • Plant corridors or clumps of native grasses to provide shelter
  • Provide flat rocks in a sunny spot to warm up
  • Add hollow logs, ceramic pipes or roof tiles for lizards to shelter under
  • Mulch garden beds to attract insects to eat
  • Practice natural pest control
  • Include a shallow water supply on the ground that includes rocks or sticks for safe access
  • Keep cats contained 24/7

Threats

  • Carnivorous birds
  • Cats and dogs (containment essential)
  • Pesticides
  • Vehicle collisions
  • Snail pellets
  • Lack of native grass habitat

Download the factsheet: Attracting lizards and skinks to your garden(PDF, 1MB)

Watch our lizard gardening video below to learn more.

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