Flying Dragon
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
gliding lizard of the genus Draco, found in tropical forests of SE Asia. There are about 15 species. Most are about 8 in. (20 cm) long.
Boschma's Flying Dragon
Sighting:
Loho Liang, Komodo, Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia ...
Flying dragons survive on a diet of almost exclusively ants and termites. The lizards are found in densely wooded areas in the Philippines and Borneo in the east, across Southeast Asia and into Southern India.
Draco volans (Flying Dragon)
Erythrolamprus aesculapii (False Coral)
Eumeces fasciatus (Five-lined Skink)
Eunectes murinus (Green Anaconda)
Gekko gecko (Tokay Gecko)
Helicops angulatus (Brown-banded Water Snake) ...
The first of these (Anisoptera) includes the large, fast-flying dragonflies while the second (Zygoptera) covers the smaller, slower-flying damselflies.
breakers: Dragonflies are the world's fastest insects, capable of reaching speeds of up to 60 mph. The Common Green Darner dragonfly is nicknamed "Darning Needle" because of its body shape. It is one of the biggest and fastest-flying dragonflies, ...
 See also: Lizard, Snake, Chameleon, Gecko, Iguana
  
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