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Underwoodisaurus milii is commonly known as the Thick-tailed Barking Gecko or Barking Gecko, a lizard in the family Carphodactylidae. The common names references the plump tail and sharp, barking defensive call.


Photographs © Sarah Hutt
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
- Informal: Gnathostomata
- Class: Reptilia
- Subclass: Lepidosauria
- Order: Squamata
- Suborder: Gekkota
- Family: Carphodactylidae
- Genus: Underwoodisaurus
- Species: Underwoodisaurus milii
Footnote & References
- Photographs Thick-tailed Barking Gecko, Flinders Ranges SA © Sarah Hutt / @cashewcos, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/268668238
- Underwoodisaurus milii (Bory de Saint-Vincent, 1825), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/e20a8c27-a76e-46a8-b695-876d9905fae1
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