REPTILIAN TUESDAY # 28

REPTILIAN TUESDAY # 28

Bark! Bark! It’s Reptilian Tuesday and we have fascinating lizard for you today! They make a pretty cool sound for a little animal, in fact it made remind you of a certain four-legged friend that you may have! Put on your sunglasses and your sunscreen because we’re heading to the desert of Southern Africa!

MEET THE COMMON BARKING GECKO!

   Range/Habitat: Southern Africa/ desert

   Diet: Insectivores: termites/ants

   Length: 2 ¼-4”

   Conservation Status: common

Fun Facts:

• Common Barking Geckos live in complex burrow systems that they dig themselves.
• The males make a barking sound at dusk.
• They bark to attract females.
• Common barking geckos are nocturnal (active at night).
• They are often heard in the desert but rarely seen.

Not much is known about these little guys, except that they make a lot of noise for a reptile. You can hear them as the sunsets of the Kalahari Desert. We think it’s super cool that they dig complex burrows for themselves.