Animalia > Chordata > Squamata > Agamidae > Chlamydosaurus > Chlamydosaurus kingiiChlamydosaurus kingii (Frilled Lizard; Frilled dragon)Synonyms: Chlamydosaurus kingii mickpughi; Chlamydosaurus kingii pughae The frilled-neck lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii ), also known as the frilled lizard, frilled dragon or frilled agama, is a species of lizard which is found mainly in northern Australia and southern New Guinea. This species is the only member of the genus Chlamydosaurus. Because of its unusual appearance it is a popular subject in animation. |
| Adult Weight [1] | 1.40 lbs (635 g) | | Birth Weight [1] | 2 grams | | Female Weight [1] | 400 grams | | Male Weight [1] | 1.918 lbs (870 g) | | Weight Dimorphism [1] | 117.5 % |  | | Gestation [1] | 76 days | | Litter Size [1] | 10 | | Litters / Year [1] | 1 | | Maximum Longevity [3] | 10 years | | Reproductive Mode [2] | Oviparous | | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 9 inches (22 cm) | | | Habitat Substrate [2] | Arboreal, Terrestrial |
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Arnhem Land tropical savanna |
Australia |
Australasia |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Brigalow tropical savanna |
Australia |
Australasia |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Cape York Peninsula tropical savanna |
Australia |
Australasia |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Carpentaria tropical savanna |
Australia |
Australasia |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Eastern Australia mulga shrublands |
Australia |
Australasia |
Temperate Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Eastern Australian temperate forests |
Australia |
Australasia |
Temperate Broadleaf and Mixed Forests |
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Einasleigh upland savanna |
Australia |
Australasia |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Kimberly tropical savanna |
Australia |
Australasia |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Mitchell grass downs |
Australia |
Australasia |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Queensland tropical rain forests |
Australia |
Australasia |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Southern New Guinea freshwater swamp forests |
Indonesia, Papua New Guinea |
Australasia |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Southern New Guinea lowland rain forests |
Indonesia, Papua New Guinea |
Australasia |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Trans Fly savanna and grasslands |
Indonesia, Papua New Guinea |
Australasia |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Victoria Plains tropical savanna |
Australia |
Australasia |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Meiri, Shai (2019), Data from: Traits of lizards of the world: variation around a successful evolutionary design, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6t39kj ♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774 ♦ 4Who's Eating Who♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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