Draco modiglianii VINCIGUERRA, 1892

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Higher Taxa	Agamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Lined Flying Dragon
Synonym	Draco modiglianii VINCIGUERRA 1892: 523 Draco modiglianii — DE ROOIJ 1915: 78 Draco lineatus modiglianii — MUSTERS 1983: 45 Draco modiglianii — MCGUIRE & KIEW 2001
Distribution	Indonesia (Enggano Island, ca. 80 km off the west coast of Sumatra) Type locality: Engano “(Chifaiuc, Malaconni e Bua Bua”)
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Lectotype: BMNH 1946.8.26.92 (91.11.9), female
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: A subspecies reaching a snout-vent length of 71 m m; supralabials 6-9; tympanum usually covered with smooth skin; lateral pouch with slightly enlarged scales; dorsals 110-135; six or seven ribs in patagium; lateral parts of nuchal region in males with light spots (as lineatus modiglianii, Musters 1983: 45). Additional details (91 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	See also Draco lineatus. Max. SVL 67 mm. D. modigliani differs from all members of the D. lineatus group in having a strong statistical mode of six ribs supporting the patagium (as opposed to five), a character state that it shares with the D. volans group (MCGUIRE et al. 2007).
References	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 Iqbal, Muhammad; Adi Kuswanto, Kurratul Aini, Arum Setiawan, Indra Yustian 2021. Predation of an Enggano Flying Lizard (Draco modiglianii Vinciguerra, 1892) (Squamata: Agamidae) by a Collared Kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris) on Enggano Island, Indonesia. Herpetology Notes 14: 49-51 - 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 Vinciguerra, D. 1892. Rettili e batraci di Engano. Ann. Mus. civ. stor. nat. Genova, 2. Ser. 7 (32): 517-526. - get paper here
External links	IUCN Red List National Center for Biotechnology Information Google images

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