OceaniaLeast concern
Frilled lizard
Chlamydosaurus kingii
A lizard of northern Australia with a big frill of skin around its neck.
- Weight
- Up to 600 g
- Size
- Up to 90 cm long
- Lifespan
- About 20 years
- Top speed
- Runs on two legs
- Diet
- Insects and small animals
How heavy is that?
About 2% of a 40 kg kid
Where it lives
Three things to know
- When it's scared, it opens its frill, hisses and opens its mouth wide.
- Then it runs away on its two back legs.
- It spends most of its time up in trees.
Compare with…
- Weight
- Frilled lizard600 gA 10-year-old kid40 kgThe kid weighs about 67× as much as the frilled lizard
- Size
- Frilled lizard90 cmA 10-year-old kid1.4 mThe kid is about 1.6× as big as the frilled lizard
- Top speed
- Frilled lizard—A 10-year-old kid20 km/hToo slow to time
- Lifespan
- Frilled lizard20 yrsA 10-year-old kid80 yrsThe kid can live about 4× as long as the frilled lizard
Food chain
- LeavesProducer
- Insects
Frilled lizardThis animal- Dingo