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Frilled Lizard
Frilled Lizard Facts
| Kingdom: Five groups that classify all living things | Animalia |
| Phylum: A group of animals within the animal kingdom | Chordata |
| Class: A group of animals within a pylum | Reptilia |
| Order: A group of animals within a class | Squamata |
| Family: A group of animals within an order | Agamidae |
| Genus: A group of animals within a family | Chlamydosaurus |
| Scientific Name: The name of the animal in science | Chlamydosaurus Kingii |
| Type: The animal group that the species belongs to | Reptile |
| Diet: What kind of foods the animal eats | Omnivore |
| Size (L): How long (L) or tall (H) the animal is | 60cm - 100cm (24in - 40in) |
| Weight: The measurement of how heavy the animal is | 0.5kg - 1kg (1.1lbs - 2.2lbs) |
| Top Speed: The fastest recorded speed of the animal | 48km/h (30mph) |
| Lifespan: How long the animal lives for | 10 - 20 years |
| Lifestyle: Whether the animal is solitary or sociable | Solitary |
| Conservation Status: The likelihood of the animal becoming extinct | Least Concern |
| Colour: The colour of the animal's coat or markings | Black, Brown, Tan, Yellow |
| Skin Type: The protective layer of the animal | Scales |
| Favourite Food: The preferred food of this animal | Insects |
| Habitat: The specific area where the animal lives | Tropical forests and woodland |
| Average Clutch Size: The average number of eggs laid at once | 12 |
| Main Prey: The food that the animal gains energy from | Insects, Rodents, Spiders |
| Predators: Other animals that hunt and eat the animal | Snakes, Owls, Dingos |
| Distinctive Features: Characteristics unique to this animal | Long tail and large expanding frill on neck |
Frilled Lizard Location
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Frilled Lizard
The frilled lizard is a large species of lizard natively found in the jungles of Australia and its surrounding islands. The frilled lizard is known by a number of names including the frill-necked lizard and the frilled dragon.The frilled lizard is an arboreal animal meaning that it spends the majority of its life in the trees. Frilled lizards can be found in humid climates such as tropical jungles and forests, across Australia and Papua New Guinea.
The frilled lizard is named after the large fold of skin that usually lies folded up against the frilled lizard's head and neck. When the frilled lizard feels threatened, the fold of skin fans out around the frilled lizard's head in order to make the frilled lizard appear larger and more intimidating than it is.
The frilled lizard is fairly large species of lizard that can grow to nearly a meter in length. The long tail and sharp claws of the frilled lizard help the frilled lizard when it is climbing around in the trees.
Like many other species of lizard, the frilled lizard is an omnivorous animal and the frilled lizard will therefore eat almost anything it can find. Despite this though, the frilled lizard will eat meat whenever possible as it hunts a variety of insects, spiders, rodents and small reptiles.
Due to its relatively large size, the frilled lizard has only a handful of predators within its natural environment. Large snakes are the most common predators of the frilled lizard along with owls, dingos, foxes and birds of prey that tend to hunt the smaller and young frilled lizard individuals.
Frilled lizards mate at the beginning of the wet season, and male frilled lizards are often slighter larger than the female frilled lizards. The female frilled lizard lays up t0 25 eggs in a burrow in the ground, before burying them. The frilled lizard babies tend to hatch within a few months.
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First Published: 1st February 2010, Last Updated: 10th September 2018
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