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Draco haematopogon GRAY, 1831

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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Red-bearded Flying Dragon, Yellow-bearded Gliding Lizard
G: Rotbart-Flugdrache 
SynonymDraco haematopogon GRAY 1831: 59
Draco haematopogon — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837: 458
Draco (Pleuropterus) haematopogon — FITZINGER 1843: 51
Draco haematopogon — BOULENGER 1885: 267
Draco microlepis BOULENGER 1893
Draco microlepis— DE ROOIJ 1915: 86
Draco haematopogon — DE ROOIJ 1915: 84
Draco haematopogon — TAYLOR 1963: 850
Draco haematopogon — MUSTERS 1983: 30
Draco haematopogon — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 176
Draco haematopogon — MCGUIRE & KIEW 2001
Draco haematopogon microlepis — MALKMUS et al. 2002: 231
Draco haematopogon — GRISMER & QUAH 2019 
DistributionIndonesia (Java, Sumatra, Borneo), Thailand (Koh Phangan, Surat Thani), W Malaysia (incl. Pulau Tioman).

Type locality: not given by GRAY. Designated by HENNIG 1936: “Malayische Halbinsel” and MERTENS 1957: “West-Java”.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesLectotype: RMNH 2958A (fide Musters 1983: 30) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: A moderately sized species, maximum snout-vent length 94 mm; nostril directed upward; a row of keeled scales on the snout; usually two median teeth in upper jaw; supralabials9-13, feebly keeled; no thornlikescale on the supraciliaryedge; tympanum usually covered with smooth skin; gular pouch at tip with slightly enlarged scales; lateral pouches with slightly enlarged scales; dorsals 148-184, smooth, subequal; usually five ribs in patagium; hindlimbs about as long as the distance between the legs; no caudal crest; in males a large, coal black spot, in females a grey-brown spot at the base of the gular pouch (Musters 1983: 31). 
CommentThe type material of this species was collected on West Java according to MERTENS 1957. 
EtymologyApparently named after its reddish tail, from Greek haema or aima = blood and Greek pogon = tail. While the tail is only rarely reddish, the chest appears to be reddish. 
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
  • Chan-ard, T., Parr, J.W.K. & Nabhitabhata, J. 2015. A field guide to the reptiles of Thailand. Oxford University Press, NY, 352 pp. [see book reviews by Pauwels & Grismer 2015 and Hikida 2015 for corrections] - get paper here
  • Das , I. 2004. Lizards of Borneo. Natural History Publications, Kota Kinabalu, Borneo
  • 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
  • Duméril, A. M. C. and G. Bibron. 1837. Erpétologie Générale ou Histoire Naturelle Complete des Reptiles. Vol. 4. Libr. Encyclopédique Roret, Paris, 570 pp. - get paper here
  • Gray, J. E. 1831. A synopsis of the species of Class Reptilia. In: Griffith, E & E. Pidgeon: The animal kingdom arranged in conformity with its organisation by the Baron Cuvier with additional descriptions of all the species hither named, and of many before noticed [V Whittaker, Treacher and Co., London: 481 + 110 pp. [1830] - get paper here
  • GRISMER, L. LEE; & EVAN S. H. QUAH 2019. An updated and annotated checklist of the lizards of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, and their adjacent archipelagos. Zootaxa 4545 (2): 230–248 - get paper here
  • Grismer, L. Lee; Chan K. Onn, Jesse L. Grismer, Perry L. Wood, Jr., and A. Norhayati 2010. A CHECKLIST OF THE HERPETOFAUNA OF THE BANJARAN BINTANG, PENINSULAR MALAYSIA. Russ. J. Herpetol. 17 (2): 147-160 - get paper here
  • Grismer, L.L. 2011. Lizards of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and their adjacent archipelagos. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 728 pp. [review in Herp. Rev. 43: 155] - get paper here
  • Grismer, L.L. 2011. Amphibians and reptiles of the Seribuat Archipelago. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt, 239 pp.
  • Grossmann, W. & Tillack, F. 2004. Pulau Tioman - Perle im Südchinesischen Meer, Teil 1. Reptilia (Münster) 9 (50): 42-49 - get paper here
  • Hennig, W. 1936. Revision der Gattung Draco (Agamidae). Temminckia, Leiden 1: 153-220
  • Honda, Masanao; Ota, Hidetoshi; Kobayashi, Mari; Nabhitabhata,Jarujin; Yong, Soi-Sen & Hikida,Tsutomu 1999. Phylogenetic relationships of the flying lizards, genus Draco (Reptilia: Agamidae). Zoological Science 16: 535-549 - get paper here
  • 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
  • Iskandar, Djoko T. and Walter R. Erdelen 2006. Conservation of amphibians and reptiles in Indonesia: issues and problems. Amphibian & Reptile Conservation 4 (1): 60-87 - get paper here
  • Malkmus, R.; Manthey, U.; Vogel, G. Hoffmann, P. & Kosuch, J. 2002. Amphibians and reptiles of Mount Kinabalu (North Borneo). A.R.G. Ganther Verlag, Rugell, 404 pp.
  • Manthey, U. & Grossmann, W. 1997. Amphibien & Reptilien Südostasiens. Natur und Tier Verlag (Münster), 512 pp. - 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
  • Milto, Konstantin D.; Yury A. Lukin 2020. A Revised Herpetofauna of Ujung Kulon National Park, West Java, Indonesia. Russian Journal of Herpetology 27 (6): 353-368 - get paper here
  • Musters, C. J. M. 1983. Taxonomy of the genus Draco L. (Agamidae, Lacertilia, Reptilia). Zoologische Verhandelingen (199): 1-120 - get paper here
  • Taylor, E.H. 1963. The lizards of Thailand. Univ. Kansas Sci. Bull. 44: 687-1077. - get paper here
  • TEYNIÉ, ALEXANDRE; PATRICK DAVID, & ANNEMARIE OHLER 2010. Note on a collection of Amphibians and Reptiles from Western Sumatra (Indonesia), with the description of a new species of the genus Bufo. Zootaxa 2416: 1–43 - get paper here
 
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