This lizard barks like a dog. It is known as the barking lizard, or the Gymnodactylus Miliusii. It was brought from Northam (West Australia) by Mr G. C. Jessup. It eats white ants and beetles. The lizard is now in the Sydney Museum.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 August 1938, Page 6
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43This lizard barks like a dog. It is known as the barking lizard, or the Gymnodactylus Miliusii. It was brought from Northam (West Australia) by Mr G. C. Jessup. It eats white ants and beetles. The lizard is now in the Sydney Museum. Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 August 1938, Page 6
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