Chlamydosaurus kingii
Frill neck Lizards are mainly found in Northern parts of Australia and Southern New Guinea. The frill neck lizard habitats more humid environments where there are plenty of trees for it to live and most importantly hide. Frill neck Dragons are an arboreal Lizards and only come to the ground to feed, to defend there territory or to breed. They do inhabit most of the northern coastal areas and have been sighted in eastern Qld from Cape York to Brisbane but numbers are not great and are diminishing quickly. Click Here to read more about the cane toad threat.
Temperatures And Rainfall
Temperatures vary depending on origin but numbers in the tropics of the Northern territory are most so would lean towards temps of between 30c and 35c and 24c to 28c for the cool spot.
Area Summary.
Hot humid environment
Large Climbing Trees
Green foliage
Substrate varies
Nature:
Although appearing a little aggressive when flaring up there large Frill. It is really all just talk. Frill-necks Lizards will become as friendly as any Bearded Dragon and will become quite content to just sit on your shoulder or be handled. This won’t happen overnight but persistency will pay off. If they are overly aggressive best to leave them alone till they relax a bit as they do have quite a good bite.
Size:
Largest ever found was around 90cm but most in captivity reaching around 40 to 50cm from tip to tip.
Food:
Frill neck Dragons are mainly insectivorous lizards and will eat most insects like grasshoppers, crickets, cicadas, and moths. They will also eat smaller lizards, and mammals. When the Frill-necked Dragon eats it eats lots and will normally consume over 30 insects in one feed. They also love ants and termites and when around will eat them by the hundreds.
In Captivity.
Grasshoppers
Crickets
Silk worms
Witchy grubs
Pinkie mice (at least once per month)
More to come soon………………….
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