frilled lizard

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Chlamydosaurus kingii display

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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.

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