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The world's largest #skink 🌍🦎 is the Solomon Islands Skink, a #lizard endemic to #Melanesia 🇸🇧 They are 'Near Threatened' from #palmoil and other threats, help them to survive 🌴☠️⛔️ #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @[email protected]
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Solomon Islands Skink - Papua...

The world’s largest #skink 🌍🦎 is the Solomon Islands Skink, a #lizard endemic to #Melanesia 🇸🇧 They are ‘Near Threatened’ from #palmoil and other threats, help them to survive 🌴☠️⛔️ #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://wp.me/pcFhgU-7jc?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Melanesian nations announce intention to create massive ocean reserve corridor https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/melanesian-nations-announce-intention-to-create-massive-ocean-reserve-corridor/

#Asia #Melanesia #ocean #environment

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-21/ai-generated-content-targeting-west-papuan-activists/106760046

#Ai #Colonialism #disinformation #Melanesia #PapuaMerdeka #WestPapua

A first collection for Fiji has landed: birdbrainer.app 🙌 Find under its flag, or in the Oceanian Ecozone 🌐 Learn birds. Love nature #birdbrainerapp #birdbrainer | #birdsoftheworld #birds 🇫🇯 #fiji #melanesia #oceania

The world’s largest #skink 🌍🦎 is the Solomon Islands Skink, a #lizard endemic to #Melanesia 🇸🇧 They are ‘Near Threatened’ from #palmoil and other threats, help them to survive 🌴☠️⛔️ #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://wp.me/pcFhgU-7jc?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Huge Kevin Walters call, Ivan Cleary detail

It’s official. Kevin Walters will lea…
#NewsBeep #News #NRL #AU #Australia #AustraliaandNewZealand #DailyTelegraph #England #Europe #FoxLeague #FoxSportsNews #Kangaroosteam #KevinWalters #Melanesia #menscoach #NationalRugbyLeague #NewZealand #NorthernEurope #nrl #Oceania #PapuaNewGuinea #PeterV #PictureThomas #rugbyleaguenews #showcasetournament #signsextension #sports #teamselection #ThomasLisson #two-yearextension
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/672398/

The world’s largest #skink 🌍🦎 is the Solomon Islands Skink, a #lizard endemic to #Melanesia 🇸🇧 They are ‘Near Threatened’ from #palmoil and other threats, help them to survive 🌴☠️⛔️ #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetectives https://wp.me/pcFhgU-7jc?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Solomon Island Skinks of #Melanesia 🇸🇧 are striking looking green #reptiles 🦎🐍 They have prehensile tails like #monkeys and are threatened by #palmoil and other #deforestation. Help them and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife when you shop https://wp.me/pcFhgU-7jc?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

From last month, some more good journalism on "#KingdomOfPapaala" on #Bougainville, probably the world's most country-like #micronation, led by financial scammer Noah Musingku:

https://www.occrp.org/en/feature/meet-the-south-pacific-ponzi-king-with-a-bogus-bank-and-a-global-fan-club

#independence #geography #micronations #PapuaNewGuinea #politicaleconomy #Melanesia #SouthPacific #separatism @geography @geopolitics #sovereignty

Hype for the Future 79R: Port Moresby 🇵🇬

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/01/18/hype-for-the-future-79r-port-moresby-%f0%9f%87%b5%f0%9f%87%ac/

Hype for the Future 79Q: Guadalcanal 🇸🇧

https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026/01/18/hype-for-the-future-79q-guadalcanal-%f0%9f%87%b8%f0%9f%87%a7/

Solomon Island Skinks of #Melanesia 🇸🇧 are striking looking green #reptiles 🦎🐍 They have prehensile tails like #monkeys and are threatened by #palmoil and other #deforestation. Help them and #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife when you shop @palmoildetect https://wp.me/pcFhgU-7jc?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=Palm+Oil+Detectives&utm_campaign=publer

Frill-Necked Lizard Chlamydosaurus kingii

Frill-Necked Lizard Chlamydosaurus kingii

Location: Papua New Guinea, West Papua, Australia

Region: Trans-Fly ecosystem of southern Papua New Guinea and West Papua along with northern parts of Australia.

The frill-necked lizard Chlamydosaurus kingii, also known as the frilled dragons or frill-neck lizards, are famous for their impressive neck frill that fans out dramatically when they feel threatened. The Trans-Fly savannahs of southern Papua New Guinea and Indonesian-occupied West Papua, have come increasingly under threat over the past decade by climate change-related extreme weather and deforestation. Anthropogenic threats include habitat destruction for timber and palm oil, climate change-related fires, expanding agricultural zones, road and infrastructure building and capture for the exotic pet trade. In Australia, these lizards eat poisonous cane toads that are deadly once ingested. This along with large-scale bushfires pose threats to Frill-necked #Lizards. Once abundant, these striking reptiles are now losing their ecosystems. Use your wallet as a weapon for them by defending New Guinea’s forests. Choose palm oil-free products and boycott the pet trade. #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife

The Frilled-Neck #Lizard 🦎💚 is an icon of #Australia 🇦🇺. Their #PapuaNewGuinea 🇵🇬 and #WestPapua populations are under threat from #deforestation 🌴🩸⛔️ along with #ClimateChange. Protect their home and #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect https://palmoildetectives.com/2025/11/09/frill-necked-lizard-chlamydosaurus-kingii/

With their dramatic frilled necks 🦎😻✨ and ability to run on two legs, Frilled-Neck #Lizards are arguably the most spectacular lizards in all of #Melanesia 🇵🇬 Help protect their #NewGuinea population #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect https://palmoildetectives.com/2025/11/09/frill-necked-lizard-chlamydosaurus-kingii/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a44j267-nxE

Appearance & Behaviour

With their iconic neck frill, long limbs and ability to sprint upright on two legs, frill-necked lizards are one of the most distinctive reptiles in the world. New Guinean individuals typically feature vivid yellow frills that flare outward like a sunburst when they feel threatened—often accompanied by a hiss and an open mouth to appear larger than life. Their frill can reach up to 30 cm across, supported by hyoid bones and cartilage that fan the skin out in a flash. Colouration is variable, and in New Guinea, these lizards lean towards paler hues with distinctive white markings accenting their yellow frills.

Primarily arboreal, they spend over 90% of their time in the trees. They are solitary, territorial, and highly dependent on their frill to communicate and intimidate. During the wet season, they descend closer to the ground in search of food, only to retreat to the higher canopy during the dry months when food is scarce.

Threats

• Deforestation for palm oil plantations is rapidly fragmenting their native woodlands in the Trans-Fly region of West Papua and Papua New Guinea.
• Illegal capture for the pet trade—many specimens claimed to be ‘captive bred’ are actually wild-caught in Papua New Guinea.
• Late dry season fires increase mortality rates and reduce food availability.
• Predation by feral cats is an ongoing issue in some parts of their range.
• Climate change related extreme weather may impact their reproduction, as temperature influences sex ratios and growth rates.

Geographic Range

This species is found in northern Australia and across southern New Guinea, including both Papua New Guinea and Indonesian-occupied West Papua. In New Guinea, they inhabit the Trans-Fly savannah region—a unique landscape of seasonal woodlands and dry forests. These lizards avoid low-lying Melaleuca-dominated swamps and prefer elevated areas with well-drained soils and diverse tree species. However, their range in New Guinea is far more restricted than in Australia, making local threats far more significant to their survival.

Diet

Frill-necked lizards are insectivorous ambush predators. They rely on their sharp eyesight and camouflage to spot prey from high in the trees. Their diet consists mainly of insects like termites, cicadas, beetles, ants, and centipedes. During the dry season, termites are especially important, while the wet season sees them shifting to moth larvae. Occasionally, they will consume spiders, small rodents, and other lizards.

Mating and Reproduction

Mating occurs during the late dry and early wet seasons. Males engage in dramatic frill displays and combat to win over females. Females dig a shallow burrow where they lay 1–2 clutches of 4–20 eggs. Temperature plays a critical role in determining the sex of hatchlings—warmer nests produce more males, while cooler ones yield more females. Young frillies are independent within 10 days of hatching and can deploy their frills almost immediately.

FAQs

How many Frill-necked lizards are left in New Guinea?

There is no precise population estimate for New Guinea, but while the species is locally common in parts of Australia, their populations in the Trans-Fly region are under pressure. Their limited range, coupled with the impacts of deforestation and trade, may mean local declines are already occurring.

How long do Frill-necked lizards live in the wild?

Frill-necked lizards in the wild can live up to 6 years for males and around 4 years for females. Hatchlings grow rapidly during the wet season and reach sexual maturity by about two years of age.

Do Frill-necked lizards make good pets?

Absolutely not. These sensitive reptiles are wild animals with complex needs. They are difficult to breed in captivity, meaning many sold in pet markets are likely wild-caught, contributing directly to population declines. Keeping them as pets fuels this harmful trade and leads to suffering. If you care about frill-necked lizards, do not support the exotic pet industry.

Take Action!

Support local and indigenous-led resistance to palm oil deforestation in West Papua and Papua New Guinea. Boycott palm oil products entirely—there is no such thing as “sustainable” palm oil, all of it causes deforestation. Say no to the exotic pet trade, which is stripping these unique lizards from the wild and pushing them towards decline. #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife

Support Frill-Necked Lizards by going vegan and boycotting palm oil in the supermarket, it’s the #Boycott4Wildlife

Support the conservation of this species

This animal has no protections in place. Read about other forgotten species here. Create art to support this forgotten animal or raise awareness about them by sharing this post and using the #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife hashtags on social media. Also you can boycott palm oil in the supermarket.

Further Information

O’Shea, M., Allison, A., Tallowin, O., Wilson, S. & Melville, J. 2017. Chlamydosaurus kingii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T170384A21644690. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T170384A21644690.en. Accessed on 06 April 2025.

Harlow, P. S., & Shine, R. (1999). Temperature-dependent sex determination in reptiles: insights from frillneck lizards. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 68(3), 197–211. https://www.jstor.org/stable/3893081

Wikipedia contributors. (n.d.). Frilled lizard. Wikipedia. Retrieved 7 April 2025, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frilled_lizard

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Learn about other animals endangered by palm oil and other agriculture

Gursky’s Spectral Tarsier Tarsius spectrumgurskyae

Sunda Flying Lemur Galeopterus variegatus

Western Parotia Parotia sefilata

Capped Langur Trachypithecus pileatus

Mountain Tapir Tapirus pinchaque

Saola Pseudoryx nghetinhensis

Learn about “sustainable” palm oil greenwashing

Read more about RSPO greenwashing

A 2019 World Health Organisation (WHO) report into the palm oil industry and RSPO finds extensive greenwashing of palm oil deforestation and the murder of endangered animals (i.e. biodiversity loss)

Papuan women will not be silenced while palm oil behemoths consume their land

In the colonised region of #WestPapua, Indigenous Melanesian women’s rights are being forgotten as companies and the Indonesian government seizes ancestral land for palm oil and sugar cane plantations — without owners’ consent. These women are fighting to protect customary lands for future generations. The following is a summarised version of a story published by Human Rights Watch, read the original ‘There will be nowhere left.’

#News: #Indigenous women’s #landrights trampled in #Papua as #palmoil giants  seize forests and jostle for power —the women will not be silenced! 🚫🌴☠️ #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife @palmoildetect via @HRW https://palmoildetectives.com/2025/09/10/papuan-women-will-not-be-silenced-while-palm-oil-behemoths-consume-their-land/

Human Rights Watch. (2025, August 20). “There Will be Nowhere Left: Government, Companies Take Indigenous Lands Without Women’s Consent in Indonesia’s South Papua. https://www.hrw.org/feature/2025/08/20/there-will-be-nowhere-left/government-companies-take-indigenous-lands-without

“Tomorrow, when everyone has sold their dusun (customary land), where will our children and grandchildren find food? There will be nowhere left. They’ll have to go to someone else’s dusun and buy food.  That’s why I said no. I won’t let the company into my dusun. Let it remain for my children and grandchildren.”

Imelda Maa via Human Rights Watch

Laurensia Yame is from the Indigenous community, the Awyu. She heard from women traders that workers were surveying the community’s forest for a company’s commercial use, including the hamlet where she farms.  

“My brother decided alone to work with the company and allow them into our village lands. He never discussed it with me. Instead, he worked with my father’s nephew, the only boy. But my uncle’s children don’t have land there.  That land is my father’s land; it belongs to me.”

Laurensia Yame via Human Rights Watch

Rikarda Maa, a Maa clan member, attended the only meeting held in Ampera village. She recalled a discussion after which several men – including her uncle and a male cousin – signed documents provided by the company. Neither the company nor village representatives read the document aloud to the meeting participants, so women who went to observe didn’t know what exactly their male relatives signed away.
She later found out that her relatives’ signatures were used by the company to represent the Maa clan’s release of its claims to the land—even though her clan never met and discussed the company’s plans.

Rikarda Maa via Human Rights Watch

A new investigation by Human Rights Watch finds that the world’s leading palm oil producer, Indonesia is rapidly expanding agricultural frontiers into Papua, especially the western New Guinea region. This aggressive and unrestrained expansion is driving mass deforestation and loss of Indigenous lands, as government and private companies move in—often without the consent of local women.

Customary lands known as dusun are central to the livelihoods and cultural identity of Indigenous Papuans. Women like Imelda Maa warn of the implications: “Tomorrow, when everyone has sold their dusun (customary land), where will our children and grandchildren find food? There will be nowhere left. They’ll have to go to someone else’s dusun and buy food. That’s why I said no. I won’t let the company into my dusun. Let it remain for my children and grandchildren.”

Despite Indonesian law requiring companies to obtain community consent—including through environmental and social impact assessments—the reality is different. Permits are granted after so-called consultations that routinely exclude women, even though under national law they possess equal land rights. As Laurensia Yame, from the Awyu community, explains: “My brother decided alone to work with the company and allow them into our village lands. He never discussed it with me. Instead, he worked with my father’s nephew, the only boy. But my uncle’s children don’t have land there. That land is my father’s land; it belongs to me.”

Corporate strategies to acquire land have included meetings involving only male representatives, leaving women’s voices ignored—even though both women and men inherit and use community lands. These decisions jeopardise food security, traditional livelihoods, and the ability of Indigenous families to sustain themselves.

While legally companies must engage with the whole affected community, testimonies highlight the persistent exclusion of women across South Papua. As the government authorises clearance of old-growth forests for palm oil, rice, and sugar cane, these vital lands are vanishing, sparking fears articulated by many Papuan women: there will be nowhere left for their descendants to survive.

The struggle continues as the Awyu and others campaign for the rights to their lands and forests—advocating for legal recognition and genuine, inclusive consultation, not just box-ticking exercises. The HRW report highlights the urgent need for indigenous-led land management and respect for women’s voices in decision-making.

Indonesia is the top producer of palm oil in the world, and Indonesian Papua – the western half of the island of New Guinea – is its final frontier for agriculture-driven deforestation.  

Rather than preserve the old, undisturbed trees, the Indonesian government is authorising companies to clear millions of hectares of primary forests, primarily for oil palm, rice, and sugar cane plantations.

Via Human Rights Watch

To acquire land and establish a plantation, companies are required by Indonesian law to obtain certain permits from relevant local government authorities and conduct environment and social impact assessments, which involves engaging with the affected community.  

Despite being half the community’s population and having equal land rights to men under national law, women’s voices were repeatedly ignored, including by the men in the Awyu community.

Via Human Rights Watch

Read more: “There Will be Nowhere Left: Government, Companies Take Indigenous Lands Without Women’s Consent in Indonesia’s South Papua,” by Human Rights Watch.  

Original article was written by Juliana Nnoko, women’s rights senior researcher. Edited by a senior program editor, and Amy Braunschweiger, former communications associate director. James Ross, legal and policy director, and Joseph Saunders, deputy program director, provided legal and programmatic review, respectively.

Human Rights Watch. (2025, August 20). “There Will be Nowhere Left: Government, Companies Take Indigenous Lands Without Women’s Consent in Indonesia’s South Papua.” Human Rights Watch. https://www.hrw.org/feature/2025/08/20/there-will-be-nowhere-left/government-companies-take-indigenous-lands-without

ENDS

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Greasing the Wheels of Colonialism: Palm Oil Industry in West Papua 

A landmark study published in Global Studies Quarterly in April 2025 has revealed that the rapid expansion of the #palmoil industry in #WestPapua is not only fuelling #deforestation, #ecocide and environmental destruction but…

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Palm Oil Workers Expose Industry Practices Resembling Colonialism

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Papua’s ‘Empty Lands’: A Dangerous Myth Displacing Indigenous Peoples

In #WestPapua, on illegally colonised and disputed land taken by violence from Melanesian Indigenous peoples last century by Indonesian forces, authorities label indigenous lands as “empty”. This is done in order to justify…

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Research: Palm Oil Plantations Threaten Indigenous Waterways

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New Research: Indigenous Communities Reduce Amazon Deforestation by 83%”

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https://twitter.com/CuriousApe4/status/1526136783557529600?s=20

https://twitter.com/PhillDixon1/status/1749010345555788144?s=20

https://twitter.com/mugabe139/status/1678027567977078784?s=20

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#BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4wildlife #BoycottPalmOil #childLabour #humanRights #indigenous #indigenousRights #landRights #landgrabbing #landrights #Melanesia #Melanesian #News #PalmOil #palmoil #Papua #slavery #WestPapua #womenSRights

Ancient shells and pottery reveal the vast 3,200-years-old trade routes of Oceania’s Indigenous peoples

https://theconversation.com/ancient-shells-and-pottery-reveal-the-vast-3-200-years-old-trade-routes-of-oceanias-indigenous-peoples-261950

#TheConversation #IndigenousCulture #Archaeology #Australia #Melanesia # PapuaNewGuinea

Deal reached to give #NewCaledonia new type of ambiguous status as "state within #France" that will be treated in some ways like an independent country - if it passes French parliament and 2026 #referendum.

https://islandsbusiness.com/news-break/devil-in-the-detail-of-new-caledonias-historic-agreement/

#Kanaky #independence #separatism #geography #Melanesia #Oceania #statehood @geography @geopolitics

It was great to present my work on fatalism and climate action in Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, in a session on "Emotions in the transition to a no-carbon society" at the Global Tipping Points conference @uniexeter.

I talked about high levels of fatalism - beliefs that the future is predetermined and that human agency is pontless - in Bougainville, how this already reduces climate action, and wonder how this could be a barrier to harnessing potential positive tipping points in populations truly left behind.

Here are my slides 👉https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1NIEhEWA2IC-4V2FC2ybCLFBmnbcO0ta4p-nhiiTOaIc/edit?usp=sharing

I also learned from @laurafoggrogers the importance of triggering positive emotions to fully engage the population at large, while Genevieve Guenther @doctorvive proposes a very interesting paradigm combining fear, outrage and desire, drawn from her book "The language of climate politics". I think everyone agrees that one size-fits-all type of communication is not optimal and that tailoring the message to the recipient is very important.

#DrJohnRowlatt discussed about how to best engage the UK population, and elderly people in particular, to switch to low-carbon heating systems. @larasningrum_dianty talked about the potential for narratives of hope in low-income countries and in general.

I look forward to continuing this discussion. 🙏 co-panelists & attendants.

#ClimateChange #ClimateAdaptation #Fatalism #Bougainville #PapuaNewGuinea #Melanesia #Research #FieldResearch

Some recent reporting on the "Kingdom of #Papaala", enigmatic realm of a notorious financial scammer that's become something between a #micronation and a #defacto state. https://harpers.org/archive/2024/11/the-island-king-sean-williams-bougainville/

#Bougainville #PNG #Melanesia #defactostates #micronations #geography #independence #oceania @geography @geopolitics #nationalism #scams

The #Austronesian, or #OutOfTaiwan, theory is the most plausible and widely accepted theory of how #SouthEastAsia islands, #Micronesia, #Melanesia, #Polynesia, & #Madagascar were inhabited. The Philippine #DepEd needs to update school textbooks, & stop pushing the #Malay theory.

The most accepted theory about migrations in Southern and Eastern #AsiaPacific is #Austronesian.

From #Taiwan, to the #Philippines, and then the rest of #SouthEastAsia, #Micronesia, #Melanesia, #Polynesia, and as far as #Madagascar.

If I'm going to interpret this, the natives of Taiwan survived as the primary people in what we know today as the Philippine archipelago. From the Philippines, they spread everywhere.

In other words, they're all #Filipino! ᜑᜑᜑᜑ 😹 (Or, native Taiwanese to be exact.)

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Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chronological_dispersal_of_Austronesian_people_across_the_Pacific.svg

Licensed under #CCBySA 4.0 by Pavljenko.

@pilipinas @philippines

#TootSEA #T2pub #Asia #Oceania #Pilipinas #Pilipino

#BRA Bougainville Revolutionary Army

https://jacobin.com/2024/03/bougainville-mining-independence-revolution-papua-new-guinea

Sandline Mercenaries
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-17/no-regrets-over-papua-new-guinea-sandline-affair-sir-julius/7256118

Kopassus West Papua & East Timor
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339464736_Sandline's_mercenaries_helped_Kopassus_East_Timor_and_West_Papua_2

Song: Good Morning Bougainville
- Alister Hullet & the Hooligans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DAQmP8S0vQ

Doco: The Coconut Revolution
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Sl8KJDOqK4&t=454s

#Melanesia #Copper #RioTinto #extractivism = plundering and polluting for profit regardless of human,
Social & environmental consequences. #Capitalism

There's a new(ish) video up on Austronesian languages - https://youtu.be/TAa9sT3qxaU - and this comment is such a callout for our people being too online lmao

(Context: for some reason, the word for 'five' is pretty consistently lima/ima/limo/imo across the languages in the family group)

ETA: the video also looks pretty interesting! I'll watch in a bit

#TootSEA #Pasifika #linguistics #Malaysia #Indonesia #Philippines #Vietnam #Cambodia #Fiji #Samoa #Tonga #Vanuatu #SolomonIslands #PNG #Hawaii #TimorLeste #Singapore #Brunei #Thailand #Nusantara #Taiwan #AsiaPacific #Madagascar #Maori #indigenous #Polynesia #Micronesia #Melanesia