The Frilled Lizard is
world famous for its spectacular orange neck frill, which is
displayed when the animal is disturbed or alarmed. At rest
the frill acts as a camouflage, allowing the lizard to resemble a
branch or bark. It is the reptile emblem of Australia.
Its diet consists of cicadas, ants, spiders and small lizards, which are eaten in trees and on the ground.
The female lays eight to 14 eggs per clutch in spring and summer.
Distributed throughout
tropical and warm temperate sclerophyll forests and woodland areas
with shrubby understorey, from the Kimberley's, across the
Northern Territory to northern and eastern Australia and south to
Brisbane.
The number of Frilled Lizards around south-east Queensland have diminished in numbers as a result of land clearing and predation by cats.
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