Draco reticulatus GÜNTHER, 1864

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Higher Taxa	Agamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names
Synonym	Draco reticulatus GÜNTHER 1864: 125 Draco reticulatus — BOULENGER 1885: 257 Draco reticulatus — DE ROOIJ 1915: 72 Draco volans reticulatus — MERTENS 1930: 135 Draco volans reticulatus — HENNIG 1936: 179 Draco volans — INGER 1983: 2 (part.) Draco volans reticulatus — MUSTERS 1983 Draco reticulatus — MCGUIRE & ALCALA 2000: 120
Distribution	Philippines (Bohol, Lapinin, Chico, Leyte, Samar) Type locality: Philippines
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.27.28
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A subspecies reaching a snout-vent length of 84 mm; thornlike scale on supraciliary edge larger than 0.028 times the head length; males with more than 22 nuchal crest scales; patagium in males sometimes with clear blue area; a dark ring around the eye; lateral parts of nuchal region with light spots; chin white with a distinct, reticulated pattern, formed by small, dark spots (as volans reticulatus, Musters 1983: 86). Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 91 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	Subspecies: Draco reticulatus cyanopterus has been elevated to full species status by MCGUIRE & ALCALA 2000. The original description is available online (see link below). Reference images: see Uetz et al. 2024 for high-resolution reference images for this species.
Etymology	From the Latin reticulatus, made like a net, after the reticulated pattern on the chin.
References	Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.) I. Geckonidae, Eublepharidae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. London: 450 pp. - get paper here de Rooij, N. de 1915. The Reptiles of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. I. Lacertilia, Chelonia, Emydosauria. Leiden (E. J. Brill), xiv + 384 pp. - get paper here Densing, L. A., & Matutes, H. E. 2024. Assessment of herpetofauna and mammals in the Leyte Sab-a Basin Peatland, Philippines. Mires and Peat 31 (15): 1- 21 - get paper here Günther, A. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. London (Taylor & Francis), xxvii + 452 pp. - get paper here Hennig, W. 1936. Revision der Gattung Draco (Agamidae). Temminckia, Leiden 1: 153-220 Inger,R.F. 1983. Morphological and ecological variation in the flying lizards (genus Draco). Fieldiana: Zoology, New Ser. 18: vi, 1-35 - get paper here McGuire, Jimmy A. & Heang, Kiew Bong 2001. Phylogenetic systematics of Southeast Asian flying lizards (Iguania: Agamidae: Draco) as inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequence data. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 72: 203–229 - get paper here McGuire, Jimmy A. and Angel C. Alcala 2000. A taxonomic revision of the flying lizards (Iguania: Agamidae: Draco) of the Philippine Islands, with a description of a new species. Herpetological Monographs 14: 81-138 - get paper here Mertens, R. 1930. Die Amphibien und Reptilien der Inseln Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa und Flores. Senck. Naturf. Gesell., Frankfurt am Main, Abhandl. 42(3): 117-344. Taylor, E.H. 1922. The lizards of the Philippine Islands. Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bureau of Science, Government of the Philippine Islands, Manila, Publication no. 17: 269 pp. - get paper here Uetz, P.H.; Patel, M.; Gbadamosi, Z.; Nguyen, A.; Shoope, S. 2024. A Reference Database of Reptile Images. Taxonomy 4: 723–732 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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