THE FRILLED LIZARD
G'day folks,
Welcome to the life of a frilled lizard, a large species
of lizard
natively found in the bush 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 to 25 eggs in a burrow in the ground, before burying them. The frilled lizard
babies tend to hatch within a few months.
Clancy's comment: I've seen a few and they certainly look prehistoric. They also move very quickly.
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