Common Gliding Lizard
Draco sumatranus
1.30063, 103.836
Field Notes
Description:
A lizard with elongated ribs and skin flaps on the sides of its body.
When opened, these skin flaps allow it to glide between tree trunks. It is primarily a tree dweller, except that the females come down to the forest floor to lay eggs.
The body length is of about 9 cm, with a slightly longer tail. The body is of a dark grey/brown colouration with stripes and patterns to help it camouflage against the tree trunks.
The males have a yellow triangular flap of skin under the chin, the gular fold, which is used to communicate with other lizards, mostly for mating.
Females have a much smaller and blue flap. They feed on small insects.
Habitat:
Ranges from southern Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore to Sumatra and Borneo (including the adjacent Philippine island of Palawan)
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