2009 $1 Land Series Frilled Neck Lizard Coloured Uncirculated Coin

Frilled Neck Lizard have ‘Camouflage’ colouring with a bright neck frill, displayed when the lizard is alarmed. These lizards like hot tropical climates and are found throughout northern Australia. They hunt in trees for insects, and on the ground for ants, termites, spiders and smaller lizards. When this one metre long lizard is frightened, it runs on its hind legs and is sometimes called the ‘bicycle lizard’ because of this behaviour.