Draco lineatus DAUDIN, 1802
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Higher Taxa | Agamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | E: Lined Flying Dragon |
Synonym | Draco lineatus DAUDIN 1802: 298 Dracunculus personatus WIEGMANN 1834: 14 (nom. subst. pro Draco lineatus) Dracunculus lineatus — WIEGMANN in MEYEN 1834: 217 Draco bourouniensis LESSON 1834: pl. 37 Draco amboinensis LESSON 1834 Draco daudinii DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837: 451 (nom. subst. for several species) Draco lineatus — DUMÉRIL & BIBRON 1837: 459 Dracunculus lineatus — FITZINGER in TREITSCHKE 1842: 116 Draco reinwardtii FITZINGER 1843 Draco lineatus — BOULENGER 1885: 264 Draco ochropterus — WERNER 1910: 11 Draco lineatus — WERNER 1910: 12 Draco lineatus — DE ROOIJ 1915: 76 Draco ochropterus— DE ROOIJ 1915: 79 Draco lineatus var. ochropterus — SMITH & PROCTER 1921 Draco buruensis DE JONG 1926: 89 (fide HENNIG 1936) Draco toxopei DE JONG 1926: 88 (fide HENNIG 1936) Draco lineatus bourouniensis — HENNIG 1936: 201 Draco lineatus bourouniensis — WERMUTH 1967: 50 Draco lineatus bourouniensis — MUSTERS 1983 Draco lineatus ochropterus — MUSTERS 1983 Draco lineatus — MUSTERS 1983 Draco lineatus bourouniensis — BRYGOO 1988: 4 Draco lineatus — MANTHEY & GROSSMANN 1997: 176 Draco bourouniensis — MCGUIRE & KIEW 2001 Draco bourouniensis — ISKANDAR & ERDELEN 2006 Draco lineatus — MCGUIRE et al. 2007: 198 |
Distribution | Malaysia, Indonesia (Mentawi Archipelago), Philippines amboinensis: Amboina Island, Ceram (= Seram), Misol? (fide WERMUTH 1967: 49). Type locality: “Insula Moluccarum dicta a peregrinatoribus Amboine”. bourouniensis: Buru Island. Type locality: “Insula Moluccarum vulgo dicta Bourou”. ochropterus: Kei Islands. Type locality: “Key Inseln”. Type locality: Java |
Reproduction | oviparous |
Types | Holotype: lost (fide Brygoo, 1988) Syntypes: ZMA.RENA 10931, 10932-33, all males [bourouniensis] |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis (group): The Draco lineatus group is comprised of nine species (biaro, caerulhians, lineatus, supriatnai, iskandari, beccarii, rhytisma, spilonotus, walkeri). The species group is diagnosed on the basis of the following features: (1) a strong statistical mode of five ribs supporting each wing (versus six), (2) absence of lacrimal bones (versus presence), (3) nostrils oriented laterally (versus posterodorsally), and (4) dewlap scalation small and undifferentiated (versus enlarged distally). The only Draco species that cannot be distinguished from the D. lineatus group on the basis of these characters is D. bimaculatus of the southern Philippines (which we comment on below). Most Draco lineatus group species can be distinguished primarily on the basis of adult male coloration because these lizards are characterized by granular squamation that is not conducive either to the evolution or the discovery of heritable species-specific differences. Presumably because most of the taxonomically useful characters are based on adult male coloration, many previous workers have chosen to treat distinct taxa within this group as subspecies (from MCGUIRE et al. 2007). Additional details (1263 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
Comment | Synonymy and distributions after WERMUTH 1967 and McGuire et al. 2007. GÜNTHER 1872 used “spilopterus” in the text of his paper but “spilonotus” in the legend of the figure. Anyway, “spilopterus” is preoccupied by Dracunculus spilopterus WIEGMANN 1834. Brygoo 1988 considered Draco amboinensis as a synonym of Draco (Iineatus) bourouniensis. Subspecies: after WERMUTH 1967 and McGuire et al. 2007. The former subspecies of D. lineatus, D. l. bimaculatus GÜNTHER 1864, rhytisma MUSTERS 1983, spilonotus GÜNTHER 1872, modigliani, and beccarii have been elevated to species status. NCBI taxonID: 162338 [bourouniensis] |
Etymology | Named after Latin “linea”, meaning stripe or line. |
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