Underwoodisaurus milii Common Thick-tailed Gecko
Also known as:
Barking Gecko
Bunyeroo Road, Flinders Ranges National Park, South Australia, AustraliaOctober 19, 2015
Common Thick-tailed Gecko (Underwoodisaurus milii) Common Thick-tailed Gecko (Underwoodisaurus milii) Common Thick-tailed Gecko (Underwoodisaurus milii)
These gorgeous geckos have a defensive behavior of rushing at a perceived threat and "barking" at it. I must not have been sufficiently scary because the two I saw just tried to strut away silently.
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