A Strange Lizard

Horowhenua Chronicle, 24 April 1911, Page 4

A Strange Lizard

A living specimen of a strange frilled lizard , of Australia, has most convincingly proved the truth of the legend that these animals, which sometimes attain a length of three feet, are in the iba'bit of running ataut erect on their hind legs. Tho lizjvrds are furnished with a broad h\i\, or collar, round the neck, which lflt«b folded unless the animal is threatened. In that case it immediatey spreads its frill like a suddenly opened: umbrella to frighten bff the enemy. When running on its hind legs, with its long tail swinging in the air, it presets an irresistibly ludicrous appearance. There was a time, in the Jurassic age, when this method of locomotion was common amongst giant repjtiks; but now the chlamydesaurus is the sole surviving species of reptile that assumes an erect attitude when running.