Interesting Facts
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- The Frill-necked Lizard is so called because of the large ruff of skin which usually lies folded back against its head and neck. The neck frill is supported by long spines of cartilage, and when the lizard is frightened, it gapes its mouth showing a bright pink or yellow lining , and the frill flares out, displaying bright orange and red scales . The frill may also aid in thermoregulation.
- They may grow up to one meter in total length. They often walk quadrupedally when on the ground . When frightened they begin to run on all-fours and then accelerate onto the hind-legs. In Australia, the frill-necked lizard is also known as thebicycle lizard because of this behaviour. Males are significantly larger than females both as juveniles and when mature . The frill of the Australian frilled dragon is used to frighten off potential predators as well as hissing and lunging. If this fails to ward off the threat , the lizard flees bipedally to a nearby tree where it climbs to the top and relies on camouflage to keep it hidden.
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Frilled Dragon, Frilled Lizard
Common Names in German:
Kragenechse
Description
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Habitat
subhumid to semi-arid grassy woodlands and dry sclerophyll forests .
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 351 meters (0 to 1,152 feet).[1]
Biology
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Diet
They usually eat insects and most small invertebrates , but sometimes they do eat small mammals.
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Reptilia
()
- Reptiles
- Subclass:
Diapsida
()
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
()
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
()
-
- Order:
Squamata
()
- Suborder:
Lacertilia
()
- Infraorder:
Iguania
()
- Family:
Agamidae
()
- Subfamily:
Agaminae
()
- Genus:
Chlamydosaurus
()
- Gray, 1825
- Specific name:
kingii
- Gray
- Scientific name: - Chlamydosaurus kingii Gray
- Specific name:
kingii
- Gray
- Genus:
Chlamydosaurus
(
- Subfamily:
Agaminae
(
- Family:
Agamidae
(
- Infraorder:
Iguania
(
- Suborder:
Lacertilia
(
- Order:
Squamata
(
- Superorder:
Lepidosauria
(
- Infraclass:
Lepidosauromorpha
(
- Subclass:
Diapsida
(
- Class:
Reptilia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Chlamydosaurus kingi — De Rooij 1915: 126
- Chlamydosaurus kingii — Boulenger 1885: 401
- Chlamydosaurus kingii — Cogger 1983
- Chlamydosaurus kingii — Cogger 2000: 305
- Chlamydosaurus Kingii — DumÉril & Bibron 1837: 441
- Chlamydosaurus kingii — Manthey & Schuster 1999: 42
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Uetz P.
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Chlamydosaurus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 2 species and subspecies in this genus:
C. kingi · C. kingii (Frilled Dragon)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- Beddard (1905) Proc. Zool. Soc., London, 1905: 9-22
- Bonetti (2002) 100 Sauri. Mondadori (Milano), 192 pp.
- Boulenger (1885) Catalogue of the Lizards Vol. I.
- Boulenger (1895) Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (6) 16: 366-367
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, ENG url p. 256, p. 330.
- Cogger (2000) Rept. Amph. of Australia, 6th ed.
- de Rooij (1915) Rept. Indo-Australian Archipelago. I.
- Duméril & Bibron (1837) Erpétologie Générale, Vol. 4.
- Ecological animal geography; an authorized, rewritten edition based on Tiergeographie auf ockologischer grundlage / by Richard Hesse prepared by W. C. Allee and Karl P. Schmidt New York: J. Wiley and Sons, Inc.; 1937. ENG url p. 382, p. 565.
- Escoriza (2005) Reptilia (GB) (41): 52-57
- Gray (1825) Annals of Philosophy, 10:193—217
- Gray (1826) London: John Murray 2: 424-434
- Hardwicke's science-gossip: an illustrated medium of interchange and gossip for students and lovers of nature. London: Robert Hardwicke, 1866- ENG url p. 94.
- Hauschild et al. (1997) Bartagamen und Kragenechsen. NTV (Münster), 95 pp.
- Hörenberg (2004) Reptilia (Münster) 9 (6): 68-73
- Jahrbücher des Nassauischen Vereins für Naturkunde. Wiesbaden: J.F. Bergmann, GER url p. 206.
- Macey et al. (2000) Syst. Biol. 49 (2): 233-256
- Manthey & Schuster (1999) Agamen, 2. Aufl., Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster).
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. ENG url p. 300, p. 300, p. 302, p. 302, p. 304, p. 304, p. 306, p. 306, p. 308, p. 308, p. 310, p. 310, p. 312, p. 312, p. 316, p. 316, p. 318, p. 318, p. 642.
- Reisinger (1995) Elaphe 3 (3): 16-20
- Smithsonian miscellaneous collections. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1862-1968. ENG url p. 275, p. 447.
- The palatal dentition in squamate reptiles: morphology, development, attachment, and replacement / D. Luke Mahler, Maureen Kearney. Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, c2006. ENG url p. 29.
- The reptiles of the Indo-Australian archipelago / by Nelly de Rooij. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1915-17. ENG url p. 126.
Notes
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Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 11, 2006.
- Clark, M. A. WhoZoo.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 27, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
- Uetz, Peter. The Reptile Database
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 27, 2008:
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Herpetology Collection - Reptile Database
- Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
- OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider: Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
- Yale University Peabody Museum: Peabody Herp Collection DiGIR provider Service
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2537706
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Rep-6359
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 165425
Footnotes
- Mean = -189.800 meters (-622.703 feet), Standard Deviation = 942.070 based on 5 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
