the frilled-neck lizard

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• Frill-necked Lizard — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …   Wikipedia

• lizard — /liz euhrd/, n. 1. any of numerous scaly reptiles of the suborder Sauria, order Squamata, typically having a moderately elongate body, a tapering tail, and two pairs of legs held outward from the body, comprising mostly terrestrial and burrowing… …   Universalium

• frilled lizard — a medium sized Australian lizard, Chlamydosaurus kingi, having a large, cloaklike flap of skin on the neck that stiffens during courtship or threat displays, forming a wide ruff. [1860 65; FRILL + ED3] * * * ▪ reptile   genus of the reptile… …   Universalium

• Frilled lizard — frilled frilled (fr[i^]ld), a. Furnished with a frill or frills. [1913 Webster] {Frilled lizard} (Zo[ o]l.), a large Australian lizard ({Chlamydosaurus Kingii}) about three feet long, which has a large, erectile frill on each side of the neck.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• frilled — (fr[i^]ld), a. Furnished with a frill or frills. [1913 Webster] {Frilled lizard} (Zo[ o]l.), a large Australian lizard ({Chlamydosaurus Kingii}) about three feet long, which has a large, erectile frill on each side of the neck. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• frilled lizard — noun A lizard with a wide, contractile membranous frill extending from the neck and throat. Syn: frill necked lizard, frilled dragon …   Wiktionary

• frilled lizard — (also frill necked lizard) noun a large north Australian lizard with a membrane round the neck which can be erected to form a ruff for defensive display. [Chlamydosaurus kingii.] …   English new terms dictionary

• frilled lizard — noun large arboreal insectivorous Australian lizard with a ruff of skin around the neck • Syn: ↑Chlamydosaurus kingi • Hypernyms: ↑agamid, ↑agamid lizard • Member Holonyms: ↑Chlamydosaurus, ↑genus Chlamydosaurus …   Useful english dictionary

• Common collared lizard — A common collared lizard in Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

• Common Collared Lizard — Taxobox name = Common Collared Lizard image caption = Collared Lizard in Albuquerque, New Mexico regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Reptilia ordo = Squamata subordo = Iguania familia = Crotaphytidae genus = Crotaphytus species = C.… …   Wikipedia

• List of The Future Is Wild species — This is a list of possible species postulated in the 2003 Animal Planet/ORF and ZDF series The Future Is Wild . The series examined twelve ecosystems at three distant future times.Five million yearsAfter the warm time period of humanity s reign a …   Wikipedia