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Draco (lizard), the Glossary

Draco is a genus of agamid lizards that are also known as flying lizards, flying dragons or gliding lizards.^[1]

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Draco (genus)
Gliding animals

Agamidae

Agamidae is a family of over 550 species of iguanian lizards indigenous to Africa, Asia, Australia, and a few in Southern Europe.

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Airfoil

An airfoil (American English) or aerofoil (British English) is a streamlined body that is capable of generating significantly more lift than drag.

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Albert Günther

Albert Karl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther, also Albert Charles Lewis Gotthilf Günther (3October 18301February 1914), was a German-born British zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist.

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Alfred William Alcock

Alfred William Alcock (23 June 1859 in Bombay – 24 March 1933 in Belvedere, Kent) was a British physician, naturalist, and carcinologist.

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André Marie Constant Duméril

André Marie Constant Duméril (1 January 1774 – 14 August 1860) was a French zoologist.

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Ant

Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera.

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Anti-predator adaptation

Anti-predator adaptations are mechanisms developed through evolution that assist prey organisms in their constant struggle against predators.

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Arboreal locomotion

Arboreal locomotion is the locomotion of animals in trees.

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Areca

Areca is a genus of 51 species of palms in the family Arecaceae, found in humid tropical forests from the islands of the Philippines, Malaysia and India, across Southeast Asia to Melanesia.

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Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann

Arend Friedrich August Wiegmann (2 June 1802 – 15 January 1841) was a German zoologist and herpetologist born in Braunschweig.

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Bark (botany)

Bark is the outermost layer of stems and roots of woody plants.

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In aeronautics and aeronautical engineering, camber is the asymmetry between the two acting surfaces of an airfoil, with the top surface of a wing (or correspondingly the front surface of a propeller blade) commonly being more convex (positive camber).

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Camouflage

Camouflage is the use of any combination of materials, coloration, or illumination for concealment, either by making animals or objects hard to see, or by disguising them as something else.

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Carl Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,Blunt (2004), p. 171.

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Chrysopelea

Chrysopelea, commonly known as the flying snake or gliding snake, is a genus of snakes that belongs to the family Colubridae.

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Clutch (eggs)

A clutch of eggs is the group of eggs produced by birds, amphibians, or reptiles, often at a single time, particularly those laid in a nest.

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Convergent evolution

Convergent evolution is the independent evolution of similar features in species of different periods or epochs in time.

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Cretaceous

The Cretaceous is a geological period that lasted from about 145 to 66 million years ago (Mya).

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Crypsis

In ecology, crypsis is the ability of an animal or a plant to avoid observation or detection by other animals.

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Decio Vinciguerra

Decio Vinciguerra (23 May 1856 – 5 October 1934) was an Italian physician and ichthyologist who for many years was Director of the Aquarium of Rome.

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Dewlap

A dewlap is a longitudinal flap of skin or similar flesh that hangs beneath the lower jaw or neck of many vertebrates.

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Dominance hierarchy

In the zoological field of ethology, a dominance hierarchy (formerly and colloquially called a pecking order) is a type of social hierarchy that arises when members of animal social groups interact, creating a ranking system.

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Draco abbreviatus

Draco abbreviatus, the Singapore flying dragon, is a species of agamid lizard. Draco (lizard) and Draco abbreviatus are Draco (genus).

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Draco beccarii

Draco beccarii is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. Draco (lizard) and Draco beccarii are Draco (genus).

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Draco biaro

Draco biaro, also known as the Lazell's flying dragon, is a species of lizard. Draco (lizard) and Draco biaro are Draco (genus).

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Draco bimaculatus

Draco bimaculatus, the two-spotted flying lizard, is a species of agamid lizard. Draco (lizard) and Draco bimaculatus are Draco (genus).

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Draco blanfordii

Draco blanfordii, commonly known as Blanford's flying dragon, Blanford’s flying lizard, or Blanford's gliding lizard, is a species of "flying" lizard in the family Agamidae. Draco (lizard) and Draco blanfordii are Draco (genus).

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Draco boschmai

Draco boschmai is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. Draco (lizard) and Draco boschmai are Draco (genus).

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Draco caerulhians

Draco caerulhians is a species of lizard. Draco (lizard) and Draco caerulhians are Draco (genus).

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Draco cornutus

Draco cornutus is a species of "flying dragon", an agamid lizard. Draco (lizard) and Draco cornutus are Draco (genus).

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Draco cristatellus

Draco cristatellus, the crested flying dragon, is a species of agamid lizard. Draco (lizard) and Draco cristatellus are Draco (genus).

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Draco cyanopterus

Draco cyanopterus is a species of agamid lizard. Draco (lizard) and Draco cyanopterus are Draco (genus).

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Draco dussumieri

Draco dussumieri, also known commonly as the Indian flying lizard, the southern flying lizard, and the Western Ghats flying lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. Draco (lizard) and Draco dussumieri are Draco (genus).

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Draco fimbriatus

Draco fimbriatus, the fringed flying dragon or crested gliding lizard, is a species of agamid lizard. Draco (lizard) and Draco fimbriatus are Draco (genus).

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Draco formosus

Draco formosus, the dusky gliding lizard, is a species of agamid lizard. Draco (lizard) and Draco formosus are Draco (genus).

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Draco guentheri

Draco guentheri, commonly known as Günther's flying lizard is a species of "flying dragon" in the family Agamidae. Draco (lizard) and Draco guentheri are Draco (genus).

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Draco haematopogon

Draco haematopogon, the red-bearded flying dragon or yellow-bearded gliding lizard, is a species of agamid lizard. Draco (lizard) and Draco haematopogon are Draco (genus).

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Draco indochinensis

Draco indochinensis, also known as the Indochinese flying lizard or Indochinese gliding lizard, is a species of agamid lizard endemic to South-east Asia (Cambodia and southern Vietnam). Draco (lizard) and Draco indochinensis are Draco (genus).

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Draco iskandari

Draco iskandari is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. Draco (lizard) and Draco iskandari are Draco (genus).

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Draco jareckii

Draco jareckii is a species of "flying" lizard in the family Agamidae. Draco (lizard) and Draco jareckii are Draco (genus).

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Draco lineatus

Draco lineatus, the lined flying dragon, is a species of agamid lizard. Draco (lizard) and Draco lineatus are Draco (genus).

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Draco maculatus

Draco maculatus, commonly known as the spotted flying dragon or spotted gliding lizard, is a species of agamid flying lizard endemic to Southeast Asia. Draco (lizard) and Draco maculatus are Draco (genus).

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Draco maximus

Draco maximus, the great flying dragon or giant gliding lizard, is a species of agamid lizard. Draco (lizard) and Draco maximus are Draco (genus).

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Draco melanopogon

Draco melanopogon, commonly known as the black-bearded gliding lizard or black-barbed flying dragon, is a species of agamid "flying lizard" endemic to Southeast Asia. Draco (lizard) and Draco melanopogon are Draco (genus).

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Draco mindanensis

Draco mindanensis, commonly known as the Mindanao flying dragon or Mindanao flying lizard, is a lizard species endemic to the Philippines. Draco (lizard) and Draco mindanensis are Draco (genus).

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Draco modiglianii

Draco modiglianii, the lined flying dragon, is a species of agamid lizard. Draco (lizard) and Draco modiglianii are Draco (genus).

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Draco norvillii

Draco norvillii, also known as Norvill's flying lizard, is species of agamid flying lizard endemic to India. Draco (lizard) and Draco norvillii are Draco (genus).

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Draco obscurus

Draco obscurus, the dusky gliding lizard, is a species of agamid lizard. Draco (lizard) and Draco obscurus are Draco (genus).

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Draco ornatus

Draco ornatus, the white-spotted flying lizard, is a species of agamid lizard. Draco (lizard) and Draco ornatus are Draco (genus).

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Draco palawanensis

Draco palawanensis is a species of agamid lizard. Draco (lizard) and Draco palawanensis are Draco (genus).

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Draco punctatus

Draco punctatus, the punctate flying dragon, is a species of agamid lizard. Draco (lizard) and Draco punctatus are Draco (genus).

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Draco quadrasi

Draco quadrasi, Quadras's flying lizard, is a species of agamid lizard. Draco (lizard) and Draco quadrasi are Draco (genus).

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Draco quinquefasciatus

Draco quinquefasciatus, the five-lined flying dragon or five-banded gliding lizard, is a species of agamid lizard. Draco (lizard) and Draco quinquefasciatus are Draco (genus).

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Draco reticulatus

Draco reticulatus is a species of agamid lizard. Draco (lizard) and Draco reticulatus are Draco (genus).

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Draco rhytisma

Draco rhytisma is a species of agamid lizard. Draco (lizard) and Draco rhytisma are Draco (genus).

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Draco spilonotus

Draco spilonotus, the Sulawesi lined gliding lizard, is a lizard endemic to Sulawesi. Draco (lizard) and Draco spilonotus are Draco (genus) and gliding animals.

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Draco spilopterus

Draco spilopterus, the Philippine flying dragon, is a species of agamid lizard. It is found in the Philippines and Indonesia. Draco (lizard) and Draco spilopterus are Draco (genus).

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Draco sumatranus

Draco sumatranus, the common gliding lizard, is a species of agamid lizard endemic to Southeast Asia. Draco (lizard) and Draco sumatranus are Draco (genus).

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Draco supriatnai

Draco supriatnai is a species of agamid lizard. Draco (lizard) and Draco supriatnai are Draco (genus).

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Draco taeniopterus

Draco taeniopterus, the Thai flying dragon, barred flying dragon, or barred gliding lizard, is a species of agamid lizard. Draco (lizard) and Draco taeniopterus are Draco (genus).

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Draco timoriensis

Draco timoriensis, also known as the Timor flying dragon, is a species of lizard endemic to the Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia and East Timor. Draco (lizard) and Draco timoriensis are Draco (genus).

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Draco volans

Draco volans, also commonly known as the common flying dragon, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. Draco (lizard) and Draco volans are Draco (genus).

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Draco walkeri

Draco walkeri is a species of agamid lizard. Draco (lizard) and Draco walkeri are Draco (genus).

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Draconinae

The Draconinae are a subfamily of reptiles in the family Agamidae found in southern Asia and Oceania.

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Dragon

A dragon is a magical legendary creature that appears in the folklore of multiple cultures worldwide.

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Egg

An egg is an organic vessel grown by an animal to carry a possibly fertilized egg cell (a zygote) and to incubate from it an embryo within the egg until the embryo has become an animal fetus that can survive on its own, at which point the animal hatches.

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Eusociality (Greek εὖ eu "good" and social) is the highest level of organization of sociality.

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Flying and gliding animals

A number of animals are capable of aerial locomotion, either by powered flight or by gliding. Draco (lizard) and Flying and gliding animals are gliding animals.

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Forest

A forest is an ecosystem characterized by a dense community of trees.

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Forest floor

The forest floor, also called detritus or duff, is the part of a forest ecosystem that mediates between the living, aboveground portion of the forest and the mineral soil, principally composed of dead and decaying plant matter such as rotting wood and shed leaves.

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Fossil

A fossil (from Classical Latin) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.

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François Marie Daudin

François Marie Daudin (29 August 1776 in Paris – 30 November 1803 in Paris) was a French zoologist.

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Gabriel Bibron

Gabriel Bibron (20 October 1805 – 27 March 1848) was a French zoologist and herpetologist.

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Genus

Genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family as used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses.

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George Albert Boulenger

George Albert Boulenger (19 October 1858 – 23 November 1937) was a Belgian-British zoologist who described and gave scientific names to over 2,000 new animal species, chiefly fish, reptiles, and amphibians.

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Giacomo Doria

Marquis Giacomo Doria (1 November 1840 – 19 September 1913) was an Italian naturalist, botanist, herpetologist, and politician.

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Gliding flight

Gliding flight is heavier-than-air flight without the use of thrust; the term volplaning also refers to this mode of flight in animals. Draco (lizard) and Gliding flight are gliding animals.

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Gravidity and parity

In biology and medicine, gravidity and parity are the number of times a female has been pregnant (gravidity) and carried the pregnancies to a viable gestational age (parity).

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Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. (GPG), also known as ABC-Clio/Greenwood (stylized ABC-CLIO/Greenwood), is an educational and academic publisher (middle school through university level) which is today part of ABC-Clio.

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Heinrich Kuhl

Heinrich Kuhl (17 September 1797 – 14 September 1821) was a German naturalist and zoologist.

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Hermann Schlegel

Hermann Schlegel (10 June 1804 – 17 January 1884) was a German ornithologist, herpetologist and ichthyologist.

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Iliocostalis

Iliocostalis muscle is the muscle immediately lateral to the longissimus that is the nearest to the furrow that separates the epaxial muscles from the hypaxial.

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Indonesia

Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.

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Insectivore

robber fly eating a hoverfly An insectivore is a carnivorous animal or plant that eats insects.

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Intercostal muscles

The intercostal muscles comprise many different groups of muscles that run between the ribs, and help form and move the chest wall.

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Japalura

Japalura is a genus of lizards in the family Agamidae. Draco (lizard) and Japalura are lizard genera.

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John Edward Gray

John Edward Gray (12 February 1800 – 7 March 1875) was a British zoologist.

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Kuehneosauridae

Kuehneosauridae is an extinct family of small, lizard-like gliding diapsids known from the Triassic period of Europe and North America.

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Latin

Latin (lingua Latina,, or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages.

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Leonhard Stejneger

Leonhard Hess Stejneger (30 October 1851 – 28 February 1943) was a Norwegian-born American ornithologist, herpetologist and zoologist.

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Lift (force)

When a fluid flows around an object, the fluid exerts a force on the object.

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Lift-to-drag ratio

In aerodynamics, the lift-to-drag ratio (or L/D ratio) is the lift generated by an aerodynamic body such as an aerofoil or aircraft, divided by the aerodynamic drag caused by moving through air.

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Lizard

Lizard is the common name used for all squamate reptiles other than snakes (and to a lesser extent amphisbaenians), encompassing over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains.

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Lopingian

The Lopingian is the uppermost series/last epoch of the Permian.

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Malcolm Arthur Smith

Malcolm Arthur Smith (1875 in New Malden, Surrey – 1958 in Ascot) was a herpetologist and physician working in the Malay Peninsula.

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Mecistotrachelos

Mecistotrachelos is an extinct genus of gliding reptile from the Late Triassic of Virginia.

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Myth

Myth is a genre of folklore consisting primarily of narratives that play a fundamental role in a society.

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Nesting instinct

Nesting behavior refers to an instinct in animals during reproduction to prepare a place with optimal conditions for offspring.

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Nota bene

Nota bene (or; plural: notate bene) is the Latin phrase meaning note well.

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Oskar Boettger

Oskar Boettger (Böttger; 31 March 1844 – 25 September 1910) was a German zoologist who was a native of Frankfurt am Main.

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Patagium

The patagium (patagia) is a membranous body part that assists an animal in obtaining lift when gliding or flying.

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Ptyctolaemus

Ptyctolaemus is a genus of agamid lizards from southern Asia. Draco (lizard) and Ptyctolaemus are lizard genera.

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Rib cage

The rib cage or thoracic cage is an endoskeletal enclosure in the thorax of most vertebrates that comprises the ribs, vertebral column and sternum, which protect the vital organs of the thoracic cavity, such as the heart, lungs and great vessels and support the shoulder girdle to form the core part of the axial skeleton.

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Ross Piper

Ross Piper is a British zoologist, entomologist, and explorer.

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Scale (zoology)

In zoology, a scale (lepís; squāma) is a small rigid plate that grows out of an animal's skin to provide protection.

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Sexual dimorphism

Sexual dimorphism is the condition where sexes of the same species exhibit different morphological characteristics, particularly characteristics not directly involved in reproduction.

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Shrub

A shrub or bush is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant.

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Soil

Soil, also commonly referred to as earth or dirt, is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and organisms that together support the life of plants and soil organisms.

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South India

South India, also known as Southern India or Peninsular India, is the southern part of the Deccan Peninsula in India encompassing the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area and 20% of India's population.

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Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Australian mainland, which is part of Oceania.

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Species

A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.

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Sulawesi

Sulawesi, also known as Celebes, is an island in Indonesia.

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Sun

The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System.

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Teak

Teak (Tectona grandis) is a tropical hardwood tree species in the family Lamiaceae.

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Termite

Termites are a group of detritophagous eusocial insects which consume a wide variety of decaying plant material, generally in the form of wood, leaf litter, and soil humus.

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Territory (animal)

In ethology, territory is the sociographical area that an animal consistently defends against conspecific competition (or, occasionally, against animals of other species) using agonistic behaviors or (less commonly) real physical aggression.

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Thailand

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula.

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Thomas Hardwicke

Major-General Thomas Hardwicke (1756 – 3 March 1835) was an English soldier and naturalist who was in India from 1777 to 1823.

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Trajectory

A trajectory or flight path is the path that an object with mass in motion follows through space as a function of time.

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Triassic

The Triassic (sometimes symbolized 🝈) is a geologic period and system which spans 50.5 million years from the end of the Permian Period 251.902 million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Jurassic Period 201.4 Mya.

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Type species

In zoological nomenclature, a type species (species typica) is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the species that contains the biological type specimen (or specimens).

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Weigeltisauridae

Weigeltisauridae is a family of gliding neodiapsid reptiles that lived during the Late Permian, between 259.51 and 251.9 million years ago.

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Wilhelm Peters

Wilhelm Karl Hartwich (or Hartwig) Peters (22 April 1815 – 20 April 1883) was a German naturalist and explorer.

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Willi Hennig

Emil Hans Willi Hennig (20 April 1913 – 5 November 1976) was a German biologist and zoologist who is considered the founder of phylogenetic systematics, otherwise known as cladistics.

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Wing

A wing is a type of fin that produces lift while moving through air or some other fluid.

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Wing loading

In aerodynamics, wing loading is the total weight of an aircraft or flying animal divided by the area of its wing.

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Xianglong

Xianglong (meaning "flying dragon" in Chinese) is a genus of Cretaceous lizard discovered in the Zhuanchengzi, near Yizhou, Yixian, Liaoning Province of China.

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10th edition of Systema Naturae

The 10th edition of Systema Naturae (Latin; the English title is A General System of Nature) is a book written by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus and published in two volumes in 1758 and 1759, which marks the starting point of zoological nomenclature.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draco_(lizard)

Also known as Draco (genus), Draco genus, Draco lizard, Flying dragon, Flying lizard, Gliding lizard.

, Draco punctatus, Draco quadrasi, Draco quinquefasciatus, Draco reticulatus, Draco rhytisma, Draco spilonotus, Draco spilopterus, Draco sumatranus, Draco supriatnai, Draco taeniopterus, Draco timoriensis, Draco volans, Draco walkeri, Draconinae, Dragon, Egg, Eusociality, Flying and gliding animals, Forest, Forest floor, Fossil, François Marie Daudin, Gabriel Bibron, Genus, George Albert Boulenger, Giacomo Doria, Gliding flight, Gravidity and parity, Greenwood Publishing Group, Heinrich Kuhl, Hermann Schlegel, Iliocostalis, Indonesia, Insectivore, Intercostal muscles, Japalura, John Edward Gray, Kuehneosauridae, Latin, Leonhard Stejneger, Lift (force), Lift-to-drag ratio, Lizard, Lopingian, Malcolm Arthur Smith, Mecistotrachelos, Myth, Nesting instinct, Nota bene, Oskar Boettger, Patagium, Ptyctolaemus, Rib cage, Ross Piper, Scale (zoology), Sexual dimorphism, Shrub, Soil, South India, Southeast Asia, Species, Sulawesi, Sun, Teak, Termite, Territory (animal), Thailand, Thomas Hardwicke, Trajectory, Triassic, Type species, Weigeltisauridae, Wilhelm Peters, Willi Hennig, Wing, Wing loading, Xianglong, 10th edition of Systema Naturae.

Draco (lizard), the Glossary

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Draco (genus)

Gliding animals

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