frilled lizard

English

Chlamydosaurus kingii display

Noun

frilled lizard (plural frilled lizards)

1. The lizard Chlamydosaurus kingii, native to northern Australia and southern New Guinea, which has a large contractile membranous frill around its neck that usually stays folded against its body but is extended in territorial and courtship display.

Synonyms

• (Chlamydosaurus kingii): frilled agama (obsolete), frilled dragon, frilled-neck lizard, frill-necked lizard, frilly lizard

Translations

lizard

• Finnish: kauluslisko
• German: Kragenechse
• Icelandic: kragagáma f
• Limilngan: lam
• Russian: плащено́сная я́щерица f (plaščenósnaja jáščerica)

References

• frilled lizard on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Chlamydosaurus kingii on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Chlamydosaurus kingii on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons