page_title: Draco (genus)
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Draco (genus) / Species
caption_attribution_description: English: Draco dussumieri from Bandipur National Park, India
context_page_description: Draco is a genus of agamid lizards that are also known as flying lizards, flying dragons or gliding lizards. These lizards are capable of gliding flight; their ribs and their connecting membrane may be extended to create "wings", the hindlimbs are flattened and wing-like in cross-section, and a flap on the neck serves as a horizontal stabilizer and are sometimes used in warning to others. Draco are arboreal insectivores.
  While not capable of powered flight they often obtain lift in the course of their gliding flights. Glides as long as 60 m have been recorded, over which the animal loses only 10 m in height, which is quite some distance, considering that one lizard is only around 20 cm in total length, tail included. They are found in South Asia and Southeast Asia, and are fairly common in forests, areca gardens, teak plantations and shrub jungle.
context_section_description: The following 42 species are recognized:
  Draco abbreviatus Hardwicke & Gray, 1827
  Draco affinis Bartlett, 1895
  Draco beccarii W. Peters & Doria, 1878
  Draco biaro Lazell, 1987
  Draco bimaculatus Günther, 1864
  Draco blanfordii Boulenger, 1885
  Draco boschmai Hennig, 1936
  Draco bourouniensis Lesson, 1834
  Draco caerulhians Lazell, 1992
  Draco cornutus Günther, 1864
  Draco cristatellus Günther, 1872
  Draco cyanopterus W. Peters, 1867
  Draco dussumieri A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837
  Draco fimbriatus Kuhl, 1820
  Draco formosus Boulenger, 1900
  Draco guentheri Boulenger, 1885
  Draco haematopogon Gray, 1831
  Draco indochinensis M.A. Smith, 1928
  Draco iskandari McGuire et al., 2007
  Draco jareckii Lazell, 1992
  Draco lineatus Daudin, 1802
  Draco maculatus (Gray, 1845)
  Draco maximus Boulenger, 1893
  Draco melanopogon Boulenger, 1887
  Draco mindanensis Stejneger, 1908
  Draco modiglianii Vinciguerra, 1892
  Draco norvillii Alcock, 1895
  Draco obscurus Boulenger, 1887
  Draco ornatus (Gray, 1845)
  Draco palawanensis McGuire & Alcala, 2000
  Draco quadrasi Boettger, 1893
  Draco quinquefasciatus Hardwicke & Gray, 1827
  Draco reticulatus Günther, 1864
  Draco rhytisma Musters, 1983
  Draco spilonotus Günther, 1872
  Draco spilopterus Wiegmann, 1834
  Draco sumatranus Schlegel, 1844
  Draco supriatnai McGuire et al., 2007
  Draco taeniopterus Günther, 1861
  Draco timoriensis Kuhl, 1820
  Draco volans Linnaeus, 1758
  Draco walkeri Boulenger, 1891
  Nota bene: a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Draco.
caption: Highly camouflaged D. dussumieri from Bandipur National Park, India
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