Range: Australia

Habitat: Semi-desert dweller

Natural Diet: Small insects, fresh greens

Diet at Rain Forest: Small insects, fresh fruits and greens

Size: Males average 16" overall including tail.  Females average 12-14".   Males also tend to be more brightly colored. 

RainForest Facts: An amazing lizard, the Frilled Dragon is actually the animal used by the creators of Jurassic Park to model some of the dinosaurs.  The female Frilled Dragon is capable of producing multiple clutches of soft leathery eggs during a breeding season.  Up to 10 leathery frilled dragon eggs are deposited at a time, the clutch of eggs usually requires about 80 days to hatch. 

Frilled Dragon male guarding female deposting clutch of eggs.	New egg seen emerging from female Frilled Dragon.	Female Frilled Dragon begins to bury her eggs by using rear feet and tail to hide nest site.  In many cases when the female has completed hiding the nest it is virtually undetectable from surrounding habitiat.

Status in Wild: Numbers stable in most of the Frilled Dragons range