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I HAVE been much surprised to see by the recent letters in NATURE that there was any doubt as to the lizard having a voice. I have so often heard and seen a lizard uttering its peculiar notes, that I did not imagine there was anything unusual in the circumstance. The voice is a shrill “chirp,” and the whole body and tail vibrate simultaneously with its utterance.
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SURGEON Voice in Lizards. Nature 26, 343–344 (1882). https://doi.org/10.1038/026343d0
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