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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
SubspeciesDraco melanopogon melanopogon BOULENGER 1887
Draco melanopogon nigriappendiculatus BARTLETT 1894 
Common NamesE: Black-barbed Flying Dragon, Black-bearded Gliding Lizard
G: Schwarzbart-Flugdrache 
SynonymDraco melanopogon BOULENGER 1887: 492
Draco nigriappendiculatus BARTLETT 1894 (fide HENNIG 1936)
Draco melanopogon — DE ROOIJ 1915: 84
Draco melanopogon — TAYLOR 1963: 848
Draco melanopogon — HENDRICKSON 1966: 58
Draco melanopogon — GRANDISON 1972: 78
Draco melanopogon — MUSTERS 1983
Draco melanopogon — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 171
Draco melanopogon — COX et al. 1998: 101
Draco melanopogon — MANTHEY & SCHUSTER 1999: 56
Draco melanopogon — GRISMER 2011
Draco melanopogon — GRISMER & QUAH 2019

Draco melanopogon nigriappendiculatus BARTLETT 1894
Draco nigriappendiculatus BARTLETT 1894: 92
Draco melanopogon nigriappendiculatus — MALKMUS et al. 2002: 237 
DistributionS Thailand (south of Isthmus of Kra), West Malaysia (incl. Pulau Tioman, Johor: Pulau Sibu),
Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo, Natuna Island), Singapore

nigriappendiculatus: Sumatra, Borneo. Type locality: Kuching, Sarawak.

Type locality: Malacca  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesTypes: BMNH 1946.8.26.87-90 (and possibly additional specimens).
Syntypes: MNHN-RA 1899.241 (2051a1) & 1899.242 (type status unclear fide Guibé 1954) [nigriappendiculatus] 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: Species of small to moderate size (maximum snout-vent length 93 mm); nostril directed upward; noA-shaped series of scales on snout; two median teeth inupperjaw; supralabials10-15, faintly keeled; nothornlikescale on supraciliary edge; tympanum covered with smooth skin; gular pouch in males with slightly enlarged scales; lateral pouches with enlarged scales; no nuchal crest nor a nuchal fold; dorsals 164-218, smooth, subequal; usually five ribs in patagium; hindlimbs about as long as thedistance between thelimbs; no caudal crest; gular pouch coal black inmales and grey infemales; patagium dark brown with light, dark-centred spots (Musters 1983: 60).


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Comment 
EtymologyNamed after its black or dark (Greek melas, melan) tail (Greek “pogon”), which is actually rarely black or even dark. 
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