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Definition of Chlamydosaurus kingi

1. Noun. Large arboreal insectivorous Australian lizard with a ruff of skin around the neck.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chlamydosaurus Kingi

Literary usage of Chlamydosaurus kingi

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Natural History by Sidney Frederick Harmer, Arthur Everett Shipley (1901)
"This frightening attitude is interesting, since it occurs in a much more developed condition in the following genus. chlamydosaurus kingi. ..."

2. Proceedings by Royal Colonial Institute (Great Britain) (1898)
"The most singular member of this group is the so-called Frilled Lizard (Chlamydosaurus Kingi). It is a native of the northern or tropical districts of ..."

3. Natural History in Zoological Gardens: Being Some Account of Vertebrated Animals by Frank Evers Beddard (1905)
"THE FRILLED LIZARD As the frilled lizard, chlamydosaurus kingi, has up to the present been only once ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute by Royal Commonwealth Society (1898)
"The most singular member of this group is the so-called Frilled Lizard (Chlamydosaurus Kingi). It is a native of the northern or tropical districts of ..."

5. British Museum Guides: Vertrbrates by British Museum (Natural History) (1906)
"The Frilled Australian Lizard, chlamydosaurus kingi (379), which can run on its hind-legs in a semi-upright posture, lias an expansible frill round the neck ..."

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