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The frilled lizard of North Australia and New Guinea has a rufflike collar of skin – up to 25 cm/10 in across – around its neck. The collar normally lies flat but, if alarmed, the lizard raises the brightly coloured collar and opens its mouth to intimidate an enemy.
| Small central African lizard. It lives in groups of up to 25 in tropical forest and feeds mainly on insects. |
ClassificationThe agama Agama agama is in the Old World family Agamidae, order Squamata. |
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