UNUSUAL VISITOR
SCALY-BACKED LIZARD [ Per Press Association. 1 WELLINGTON, Oct. 27. The frenzied barking of a dog attracted the attention of a member of a Maori family a few days ago and investigation revealed a lizard shooting out its tongue at the dog and generally showing hostility. The lizard had been hurt and the only thing to do was to destroy it. At first it was thought it was a tuatara, but some people tp whom it was shown were emphatic that it was a stranger and their opinion was confirmed by Dr. Oliver, of the Dominion Museum, who identified it as a scalybacked or tsump-tailed lizard of Australia. How it came to Karori nobody seems to know. It might, of course, have been in some ship’s cargo, but strangers in cargo are usually discovered at the wharves before they have a chance of leaving.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WC19371028.2.88
Bibliographic details
Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 256, 28 October 1937, Page 9
Word Count
145UNUSUAL VISITOR Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 256, 28 October 1937, Page 9
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Wanganui Chronicle. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in