Draco indochinensis SMITH, 1928

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Higher Taxa	Agamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Indochinese Flying (or Gliding) Lizard
Synonym	Draco indochinensis SMITH 1928: 248 Draco indochinensis — SMITH 1935 Draco blanfordii indochinensis — MUSTERS 1983: 16 Draco indochinensis — MCGUIRE & HEANG 2001 Draco indochinensis — STUART et al. 2006 Draco blanfordii indochinensis — BOBROV & SEMENOV 2008
Distribution	S Vietnam, Cambodia Type locality: Kamchay Mountains, Cambodia
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.26.77
Diagnosis	Description: The dewlap of D. indochinensis is widest at its base, decreases in width over its entire length, and terminates in a sharp point. In contrast, the dewlap of D. blanfordii is distally expanded with a basal constriction, and terminates in a rounded distal edge. Draco indochinensis also differs from D. blanfordii in the presence (in both sexes) of a thick, black transverse band that extends across the posterior gular region from one throat lappet to the other, and in the presence of dark radial bands on the dorsal surfaces of the patagia in both sexes rather than in females only. See also STUART et al. (2006).
Comment	Synonymy: has been considered as a synonym of D. blanfordii Distribution: see map in Manthey 2010: 109.
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	Bobrov V.V., Semenov D.V. 2008. Lizards of Vietnam [in Russian]. Moscow, 236 pp. Grismer, L.L., Neang, T., Chav, T. & Grismer, J.L. 2008. Checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of the Cardamom region of Southwestern Cambodia. Cambodian Journal of Natural History 2008(1): 12–28 - 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 Musters, C. J. M. 1983. Taxonomy of the genus Draco L. (Agamidae, Lacertilia, Reptilia). Zoologische Verhandelingen (199): 1-120 - get paper here Nguyen, S.V., Ho, C.T. and Nguyen, T.Q. 2009. Herpetofauna of Vietnam. Chimaira, Frankfurt, 768 pp. Smith, M.A. 1928. Description of a new species of Draco from the Indo-Chinese Region. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (10) 2: 248 - get paper here Smith, M.A. 1935. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Reptiles and Amphibia, Vol. II. Sauria. Taylor and Francis, London, 440 pp. Stuart, B.; Sok, K. & Neang, T. 2006. A collection of amphibians and reptiles from hilly Eastern Cambodia. Raffles Bull. Zool. 54 (1): 129-155 - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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