Draco (genus)

***Draco*** is a genus of agamid lizards that are sometimes called **flying dragons**, **flying lizards**, **gliding dragons**, **gliding lizards** or simply **dragons**. The ribs and their connecting membrane can be extended to create a kind of wing (a patagium) The hindlimbs are flattened and wing-like in cross-section, and a small set of flaps on the neck serve as a horizontal stabilizers. 

They live in forests, and eat insects. They cannot fly, but often get lift as they glide. Glides as long as 60&nbsp;m have been recorded, over which the animal loses only 10&nbsp;m in height. They are quite small. One species is only about 20&nbsp;cm long.

The only time a flying lizard comes to the ground is when a female is ready to lay her eggs. She descends the tree she is on and makes a nest hole by forcing her head into the soil. She then lays 2–5 eggs before filling the hole. She guards the eggs for approximately 24 hours, but then leaves and has nothing more to do with her offspring.

## Species 
There are about 42 species.

* *Draco abbreviatus* Hardwicke & Gray, 1827 – Singapore flying dragon
* *Draco beccarii* W. Peters & Doria, 1878
* *Draco biaro* Lazell, 1987 – Lazell's flying dragon
* *Draco bimaculatus* Günther, 1864 – two-spotted flying lizard
* *Draco blanfordii* Boulenger, 1885 – Blanford's flying dragon, Blanford’s flying lizard, Blanford's gliding lizard
* *Draco boschmai* Hennig, 1936
* *Draco caerulhians* Lazell, 1992
* *Draco cornutus* Günther, 1864
* *Draco cristatellus* Günther, 1872 – crested flying dragon
* *Draco cyanopterus* W. Peters, 1867
* *Draco dussumieri* A.M.C. Duméril & Bibron, 1837 – Indian flying lizard, Western Ghats flying lizard, southern flying lizard
* *Draco fimbriatus* Kuhl, 1820 – fringed flying dragon, crested gliding lizard
* *Draco formosus* Boulenger, 1900 – dusky gliding lizard
* *Draco guentheri* Boulenger, 1885 – Günther's flying lizard, Guenther's flying lizard
* *Draco haematopogon* Gray, 1831 – red-bearded flying dragon, yellow-bearded gliding lizard
* *Draco indochinensis* M.A. Smith, 1928 – Indochinese flying lizard, Indochinese gliding lizard
* *Draco iskandari* McGuire et al., 2007
* *Draco jareckii* Lazell, 1992
* *Draco lineatus* Daudin, 1802 – lined flying dragon
* *Draco maculatus* (Gray, 1845) – spotted flying dragon
* *Draco maximus* Boulenger, 1893 – great flying dragon, giant gliding lizard
* *Draco melanopogon* Boulenger, 1887 – black-bearded gliding lizard, black-barbed flying dragon
* *Draco mindanensis* Stejneger, 1908 – Mindanao flying dragon, Mindanao flying lizard
* *Draco modiglianii* Vinciguerra, 1892 – lined flying dragon
* *Draco norvillii* Alcock, 1895 – Norvill's flying lizard
* *Draco obscurus* Boulenger, 1887 – dusky gliding lizard
* *Draco ornatus* (Gray, 1845) – white-spotted flying lizard
* *Draco palawanensis* McGuire & Alcala, 2000
* *Draco punctatus* Boulenger, 1900 – punctate flying dragon
* *Draco quadrasi* Boettger, 1893 – Quadras's flying lizard
* *Draco quinquefasciatus* Hardwicke & Gray, 1827 – five-lined flying dragon, five-banded gliding lizard
* *Draco reticulatus* Günther, 1864
* *Draco rhytisma* Musters, 1983
* *Draco spilonotus* Günther, 1872 – Sulawesi lined gliding lizard
* *Draco spilopterus* Wiegmann, 1834 – Philippine flying dragon
* *Draco sumatranus* Schlegel, 1844 – common gliding lizard
* *Draco supriatnai* McGuire et al., 2007
* *Draco taeniopterus* Günther, 1861 – Thai flying dragon, barred flying dragon, barred gliding lizard
* *Draco timoriensis* Kuhl, 1820 – Timor flying dragon
* *Draco volans* Linnaeus, 1758 – common flying dragon
* *Draco walkeri* Boulenger, 1891

## References 
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