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Common Gliding Lizard
   

Male with erect gular flag.  Photographed at Bukit Tinggi, Singapore

Family : Agamidae
Species : Draco sumatranus
Size (snout to vent) : 9 cm
Size (total length) : 21 cm

References : H1, H2

The Common Gliding Lizard Draco sumatranus is a common species found even in urban parklands. There is great variation in colour, with various shades of grey or brown being found. For males the gular flag is triangular and bright yellow in colour, and for females it is much smaller, and is blue flecked with black.  

They feed on ants and other small insects. When encountered on a tree trunk they have the habit of quickly moving to the other side and climbing quickly upwards.

 

Male (left) with gular flag relaxed.
Female (right) with smaller gular flag erect, photographed at
Pulau Tioman, Peninsular Malaysia.