Planet Zoo 2 Common Bluetongue — habitat, biome, size & which animals it can live with

Common Bluetongue is one of the 130 Planet Zoo 2 launch species. It is housed in a Exhibit habitat, accepts the Rainforest / Savannah / Temperate biome, carries a no barrier requirement and is listed at 0.43 m (length). It shares a biome and an enclosure type with 20 other species, but the official species data rules out every one of those pairings, so it needs a habitat of its own.

Common Bluetongue

Every figure on this page comes from the official Planet Zoo 2 Zoopedia export rather than trailer footage: biome, enclosure type, barrier grade, size and the compatibility verdicts are all taken from the game's own data.

Size (M)0.43 m

Weight (M)0.35 kg

Barrier—

EnclosureExhibit

BiomesRainforest / Savannah / Temperate

StatusLeast Concern

Where it lives in the wild
Australasia

Common Bluetongue at a glance

Source: official Planet Zoo 2 Zoopedia export (130 species). Also on the searchable animal list.

Enclosure and barrier requirements

Common Bluetongue needs a Exhibit enclosure and accepts the Rainforest / Savannah / Temperate biomes. The barrier requirement is none at all, and that is the number to check before building: a Grade 4 animal behind a Grade 1 wall is the most common way a first zoo stalls.

Which animals can live with the Common Bluetongue?

Common Bluetongue shares a biome and an enclosure type with 20 other species, but every one of those pairings is ruled out by the official data, because one side of each pair is officially solitary.

Same biome, but not compatible

20 of the species that accept the Rainforest / Savannah / Temperate biome cannot share an enclosure with the Common Bluetongue, because one side of the pair is officially solitary. These are the pairings people ask about most, so they are spelled out rather than left as an unexplained gap.

Species	Biome	Enclosure	Why not
Amazonian Giant Centipede	Rainforest	Exhibit	Amazonian Giant Centipede is solitary “Amazonian Giant Centipedes are solitary in the wild and therefore should be kept alone in captivity.”
Boa Constrictor	RainforestSavannah	Exhibit	Boa Constrictor is solitary “Boa constrictors are solitary animals and do not interact in the wild, except when mating or fighting over mating rights.”
Cloudless Sulphur	SavannahTaigaTemperate	Exhibit	Common Bluetongue is solitary “Common bluetongues are solitary animals and only interact to mate or fight over mates.”
Eastern Brown Snake	DesertSavannahTemperate	Exhibit	Common Bluetongue is solitary “Common bluetongues are solitary animals and only interact to mate or fight over mates.”
European Peacock	SavannahTemperate	Exhibit	Common Bluetongue is solitary “Common bluetongues are solitary animals and only interact to mate or fight over mates.”
Fire Salamander	TemperateWetlands	Exhibit	Common Bluetongue is solitary “Common bluetongues are solitary animals and only interact to mate or fight over mates.”
Giant Forest Scorpion	Rainforest	Exhibit	Common Bluetongue is solitary “Common bluetongues are solitary animals and only interact to mate or fight over mates.”
Giant Malaysian Leaf Insect	Rainforest	Exhibit	Common Bluetongue is solitary “Common bluetongues are solitary animals and only interact to mate or fight over mates.”
Giant Tiger Land Snail	RainforestSavannah	Exhibit	Common Bluetongue is solitary “Common bluetongues are solitary animals and only interact to mate or fight over mates.”
Golden Poison Frog	Rainforest	Exhibit	Common Bluetongue is solitary “Common bluetongues are solitary animals and only interact to mate or fight over mates.”
Goliath Beetle	RainforestSavannah	Exhibit	Common Bluetongue is solitary “Common bluetongues are solitary animals and only interact to mate or fight over mates.”
Lehmann's Poison Frog	Rainforest	Exhibit	Common Bluetongue is solitary “Common bluetongues are solitary animals and only interact to mate or fight over mates.”
Menelaus Blue Morpho	RainforestSavannah	Exhibit	Common Bluetongue is solitary “Common bluetongues are solitary animals and only interact to mate or fight over mates.”
Mexican Redknee	DesertRainforestTemperate	Exhibit	Common Bluetongue is solitary “Common bluetongues are solitary animals and only interact to mate or fight over mates.”
Monarch	RainforestSavannahTemperate	Exhibit	Common Bluetongue is solitary “Common bluetongues are solitary animals and only interact to mate or fight over mates.”
Old World Swallowtail	SavannahTaigaTemperateTundra	Exhibit	Common Bluetongue is solitary “Common bluetongues are solitary animals and only interact to mate or fight over mates.”
Red-Eyed Tree Frog	Rainforest	Exhibit	Common Bluetongue is solitary “Common bluetongues are solitary animals and only interact to mate or fight over mates.”
Sri Lankan Rose	Rainforest	Exhibit	Common Bluetongue is solitary “Common bluetongues are solitary animals and only interact to mate or fight over mates.”
Western Diamondback Rattlesnake	DesertSavannahTemperate	Exhibit	Common Bluetongue is solitary “Common bluetongues are solitary animals and only interact to mate or fight over mates.”
Yellow Anaconda	SavannahWetlands	Exhibit	Common Bluetongue is solitary “Common bluetongues are solitary animals and only interact to mate or fight over mates.”

Close, but ruled out by enclosure type

64 species share at least one biome with the Common Bluetongue but use a different enclosure type — a land habitat against an aquarium or a flying aviary — so they cannot be mixed however well the biomes line up.

Aardvark, African Leopard, African Penguin, African Savannah Elephant, African Wild Dog, Asian Elephant, Bactrian Camel, Black Wildebeest, Blue Wildebeest, Cape Buffalo, Common Hippopotamus, Common Ostrich, Common Warthog, Eurasian Beaver, Eurasian Bittern, Eurasian Brown Bear, Eurasian Lynx, European Bison, Galápagos Giant Tortoise, Gemsbok, Gharial, Giant Panda, Golden Eagle, Golden Lion Tamarin, Goodfellow's Tree-Kangaroo, Great Hornbill, Greater Flamingo, Grey Wolf, Grizzly Bear, Javan Green Magpie, Komodo Dragon, Lion, Long-Eared Owl, Long-Tailed Parakeet, Malayan Tapir, Masai Giraffe, Meerkat, Mountain Hare, Nile Monitor, North Sulawesi Babirusa

Behaviour, size and weight

Common Bluetongue is classed as Solitary in Frontier's Social & Reproduction notes: “Common bluetongues are solitary animals and only interact to mate or fight over mates.” On size the game lists 0.43 m (length) for the male and 0.43 m for the female. Size and weight together decide the minimum habitat footprint, so use the female figure when you are sizing a breeding pair rather than a display animal.

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All 130 animals · Full compatibility chart for Common Bluetongue · Aquarium animals · Aviary birds · Deluxe edition animals · System requirements