Unidentified flying lizard

The planet Da'nor was home to a semi-sentient species of flying lizard. These lizards were ectothermic, and they were distinguished by a set of wings and iridescent skin. In 0 ABY, a small group of Rebels crash-landed on Da'nor, and one of the members, twelve-year-old Stuart Zissu, was accompanied by a lizard as he journeyed across the planet.
==Biology and appearance==
The species of flying lizard resided on the planet Da'nor, located in the Varada sector of the galaxy. Native to the planet's warm equatorial region, the lizards were ectotherms, and they had a single heart. They had wings that folded back against their bodies, and they had iridescent skin, which shone green, yellow, and purple. The lizards were not very large when compared to Humans.
==Behavior and intelligence==
Although not sentient, the lizards possessed a superior form of intelligence, and could communicate by emitting a series of loud screeches and shrieks. This communication allowed them to warn of attacks from predator species, such as large birds.
==History==
In 0 ABY, an escape pod holding a small group of Rebels—twelve-year-old Human Stuart Zissu and the droids C-3PO, 4B-X, and R2-D2—crash-landed on Da'nor. After landing, Zissu discovered one of the lizards frozen to the escape pod's wing, and 4B-X theorized that it had been snared by the pod as it flew over a warmer region. Knowing that the lizard would die in the colder climate, Zissu kept the creature and nursed it back to health.
==Behind the scenes==
The flying lizards first appeared in the 1999 junior novel Star Wars Science Adventures: Journey Across Planet X, which was written by Jude Watson and K.D. Burkett. One of the lizards is featured on the book's cover.
==Appearances==
*Star Wars Science Adventures: Journey Across Planet X 
==Notes and references==
Category:Creatures of the Varada sector
Category:Ectothermic species
Category:Flying creatures
Category:Herbivorous creatures
Category:Jungle and forest creatures
Category:Reptiles
Category:Semi-sentient species
Category:Unidentified creatures