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Frilly Lizard

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The Frillneck Lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingie) may look nonthreatening when it is calm, but when its frightened, its another story. When it gets frightened, it raises a frill of skin around its neck that is almost 12 inches across.

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Photo credit: Tom Brakefield

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Chlamydosaurus_kingii.html

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