Frank the Frilled-Neck Lizard

habitat, food and predators

1. Hi, my name is Frank and
I’m a Frilled Neck Lizard, but I
can also be called a Dragon
Lizard. I used to be famous
back in the day, I was that
beautiful creature on the
Australian two cent coin but
then they got rid of the two
cent coin. Anyway today I’m
going to tell you a bit about
me!

2. A little bit about me!
Who am I?
Well I have already told you my name is Frank and I was once famous as I posed
for the Australian two cent coin. I am also famous in the frilled lizard community
for having the best frill, and I won the Fastest Frill Neck Feet race when I was 3.
So I am pretty famous.
What am I?
I am one of Australia’s most iconic reptiles. I have three different names, one is
the Frilled Neck Lizard, second is the Frilled Dragon and the third is the Frilled
Lizard, but you can call me Frank. My fellow frilled neck friends and I are generally
about 70 to 90 centimetres in length and we all have a ‘frill’ around our necks and
weigh up to 500 grams. Our frill is folded out when we are scared and we open
our mouths.

3. Where I come from and where I like to
hangout
My fellow Frilled Neck friends and I spend around 90% of our time up in trees.
You can find me in dry forests and woodlands in both the north-western parts of
Australia and Papua New Guinea!
This is me posing in the tree that my
friends and I hangout in most days. I think I
look pretty cool here.
I am active during the day; I am not nocturnal.
I rely on the sun to warm my blood which is why I
live where I do.
My fellow frilled neck family members and I are
coloured differently according to where we live; if
we are from Queensland we are yellow and black
with white marks, if we are from the Northern
Territory, we are orange with red, black and white
marks.

4. My prey!
I am a CARNIVORE.
My favourite foods consist of
Insects
Spiders
Small mammals
Birds
Larger lizards
Snakes

5. My predators!
Eagles Large Lizards
Owls

Dingos Snakes
This is me running from Ian
the eagle! He was trying to
eat me!