Editing Frilled lizard (section)

==Distribution and habitat==
The frilled lizard inhabits northern Australia and southern New Guinea. Its Australian range stretches from the Kimberley region of [[Western Australia]] east through the [[Top End]] of the [[Northern Territory]] to Queensland's [[Cape York Peninsula]] and nearby islands of [[Prince of Wales Island (Queensland)|Muralug]], [[Badu Island|Badu]], and [[Moa Island (Queensland)|Moa]], and south to [[Brisbane]].<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021"/><ref name=Cogger/> In New Guinea, it lives in the [[Trans-Fly savanna and grasslands|Trans-Fly ecosystem]] on both the [[Papua New Guinean]] and [[Indonesia]]n sides of the island.<ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021"/> The species mainly inhabits [[savanna]]hs and [[sclerophyll]] woodlands.<ref name="Cogger" /><ref name="pepper17" /> It prefers highly elevated areas with good soil drainage and a greater variety of tree species, mostly ''[[Eucalyptus]]'' species, and avoids lower plains with mostly ''[[Melaleuca]]'' and ''[[Pandanus]]'' trees.<ref name=Shine1989>{{cite journal|last1=Shine|first1=R|author1-link=Richard Shine|last2=Lambeck|first2=R|year=1989|title=Ecology of frillneck lizards, ''Chlamydosaurus kingii'' (Agamidae), in tropical Australia|journal=Australian Wildlife Research|volume=16|issue=5|pages=491–500|doi=10.1071/WR9890491}}</ref> Frilled lizards also prefer areas with less vegetation on the ground, as they can then better spot prey from above.<ref name=fire/>