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Draco cyanopterus PETERS, 1867

IUCN Red List - Draco cyanopterus - Least Concern, LC
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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymDraco reticulatus var. cyanopterus PETERS 1867: 15
Draco everetti BOULENGER 1885: 258
Draco everetti — TAYLOR 1922: 112
Draco volans reticulatus — HENNIG 1936: 179 (part.)
Draco volans — INGER 1983: 2 (part.)
Draco everetti — ROSS & LAZELL 1990
Draco cyanopterus — MCGUIRE & ALCALA 2000: 96
Draco cyanopterus — MCGUIRE & KIEW 2001 
DistributionPhilippines (Camiguin Sur, Dinagat, Mindanao).

Type locality: “Mindanao” [cyanopterus]
Type locality: “Placer, N.E. Mindanao” [everetti]  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: ZMB 725 (designated by Denzer et al. 1997); CAS 64230 may have type status.
Lectotype: BMNH 77.12.13.16 (designated by Musters 1983) [everetti] 
Diagnosis 
CommentOne questionable record from Miangas Island (Indonesia) has been reproted [see MCGUIRE & ALCALA 2000 for discussion]. Note that ROSS & LAZELL (1990) revalidated Draco everetti.

Synonymy: has been considered as a synonym of Draco volans (reticulatus), e.g. by WERMUTH (1967) and MUSTERS (1983). 
References
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  • 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
  • Denzer, Wolfgang; Günther, Rainer; Manthey, Ulrich 1997. Annotated type catalogue of the Agamid lizards (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) in the Museum für Naturkunde der Humbolt-Universität zu Berlin (former Zoological Museum Berlin). Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 73 (2): 309-332 - get paper here
  • Hennig, W. 1936. Revision der Gattung Draco (Agamidae). Temminckia, Leiden 1: 153-220
  • 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
  • Peters, Wilhem Carl Hartwig 1867. Herpetologische Notizen. Monatsber. königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin. 1867 (Januar): 13-37 - get paper here
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  • Rosales, A., Suhian, J. P., Gamalinda, E., Paz, S., & Solania-Naling, C. 2023. Herpetofauna of forest fragments within the Agata Mining Ventures Incorporated (AMVI), Agusan del Norte, Caraga Region, Philippines. Journal of Ecosystem Science and Eco-Governance, 5(2), 54-65 - get paper here
  • Ross, C.A. & Lazell, J.D. 1991. Amphibians and reptiles of Dinagat and Siargao Islands, Philippines. Philippine J. of Science 119 [1990]: 257-286
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  • 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
  • Venturina, R. E. L., Diesmos, M. L. L., Maglangit, E. P. T., del Prado, Y. L. C., Ordas, J. A. D., Fernandez, J. B., ... & Diesmos, A. C. 2023. Herpetofauna of Mount Capistrano, a Fragmented Limestone Karst Forest in Central Mindanao, Philippines. Philippine Journal of Science, 152(6A), 2031-2048
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