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Spotted Flying Dragon

Agamids & Forest Lizards

Photo: Wich'yanan L · CC BY 4.0

Draco maculatus

Basic stats

Habitat

Glides from tree to tree

Range

Assam and Yunnan to Singapore: southern China, north-east India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand

Size

Snout-vent about 82 mm; tail about 115 mm

The spotted flying dragon or spotted gliding lizard (Draco maculatus) is an agamid flying lizard of Southeast Asia that glides from tree to tree. In China it is recorded from Fujian, Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan and south-eastern Xizang, and its range runs from the eastern Himalaya and Assam through Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand toward Singapore. (The Reptile Database; Wikipedia, general species account)

A typical animal has a snout-vent length of about 82 mm and a tail of about 115 mm. The head is small with a scaly eardrum, strongly keeled head scales and 7–11 upper labials, and males have a very small nuchal crest. (Wikipedia, general species account)

Quick answers

What habitat does the Spotted Flying Dragon live in?
Glides from tree to tree
Where is the Spotted Flying Dragon found?
Assam and Yunnan to Singapore: southern China, north-east India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand
How big is the Spotted Flying Dragon?
Snout-vent about 82 mm; tail about 115 mm
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