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Frilled lizard in natural environment, showing camouflage. The frilled lizard is a diurnal (daytime) and arboreal species, [10] spending over 90% each day up in the trees. It spends as little time on the ground as possible, mostly to feed, interact socially, or to travel to a new tree.
Agamidae is a family containing 64 genera, 582 species of iguanian lizards indigenous to Africa, Asia, Australia, and a few in Southern Europe. Many species are commonly called dragons or dragon lizards.
Lizard is the common name used for all squamate reptiles other than snakes (and to a lesser extent amphisbaenians), encompassing over 7,000 species, [1] ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains.
Frilled lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii) Lake Eyre dragon (Ctenophorus maculosus) Central netted dragon (Ctenophorus nuchalis) Ornate crevice-dragon (Ctenophorus ornatus) Ochre dragon (Ctenophorus tjantjalka) White-lipped two-line dragon (Diporiphora albilabris) Lally's two-line dragon (Diporiphora lalliae) Pink two-line dragon (Diporiphora linga)
Currently there are about 40 extant families of Lacertilia.These vary considerably, e.g. in shades, colours, and sizes. For example, the largest representative among Geckos, the New Caledonian giant gecko (Rhacodactylus leachianus), has a length of up to 36 cm (14 in), while the largest species in the family Varanidae, Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), has a length up to 3 metres (10 ft ...
The frilled shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus), also known as the lizard shark, is one of the two extant species of shark in the family Chlamydoselachidae (the other is the southern African frilled shark, Chlamydoselachus africana).
The frilled shark has about 300 needle-like teeth, which are spread out in 25 rows. Experts believe the species is about 80 million years old. They have a prehistoric look about them with a long ...
The eastern bearded dragon (Pogona barbata), also known as common bearded dragon or simply bearded lizard, is an agamid lizard found in wooded parts of Australia. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is one of a group of species known commonly as bearded dragons .