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Draco guentheri BOULENGER, 1885

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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Guenther's Flying Lizard 
SynonymDraco guentheri BOULENGER 1885: 257
Draco rizali WANDOLLECK 1900: 15
Draco guentheri — WERNER 1910: 9
Draco rizali — TAYLOR 1918: 245
Draco rizali — TAYLOR 1922: 115
Draco volans reticulatus — HENNIG 1936 (part.)
Draco volans — INGER 1983: 2 (part.)
Draco reticulatus — GAULKE 1993
Draco guentheri — MCGUIRE & ALCALA 2000: 100
Draco guentheri — MCGUIRE & KIEW 2001 
DistributionPhilippines (Basilan, Bongao, Jolo, Mindanao, Sanga Sanga, Siasi, Siminul)

Type locality: “Philippines”
Type locality: “Dapitan, Mindanao”  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 79.4.16.4, female
Holotype: MTD (= MTKD) D 1168; destroyed in the bombing of Dresden during World War II; OBST 1977 [rizali] 
DiagnosisUnfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 995 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
CommentDistribution and synonymy after MCGUIRE & ALCALA 2000. 
References
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  • Beukema, W. 2011. Herpetofauna of disturbed forest fragments on the lower Mt. Kitanglad Rnage, Mindanao Isand, Philippines. Salamandra 47 (2): 90-98 - get paper here
  • 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
  • Gaulke M. 1995. Der Sulu-Archipel - Besiedlungsgeschichte, Geologie und Herpetofauna. Natur und Museum 125: 217-226
  • Gaulke, M. 1992. Beobachtungen an Flugdrachen auf dem Sulu-Archipel. Salamandra 28 (3-4): 251-257 - get paper here
  • Hennig, W. 1936. Revision der Gattung Draco (Agamidae). Temminckia, Leiden 1: 153-220
  • 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
  • McGuire, Jimmy A. and Angel C. Alcala 2000. A taxonomic revision of the flying lizards (Iguania: Agamidae: Draco) of the Philippine Islands, with a description of a new species. Herpetological Monographs 14: 81-138 - get paper here
  • Obst, F. J. 1977. Die herpetologische Sammlung des Staatlichen Museums für Tierkunde Dresden und ihre Typusexemplare. Zool. Abh. Mus. Tierk. Dresden 34: 171-186.
  • Taylor, E.H. 1922. The lizards of the Philippine Islands. Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Bureau of Science, Government of the Philippine Islands, Manila, Publication no. 17: 269 pp. - get paper here
  • Taylor, Edward H. 1918. Reptiles of Sulu Archipelago. Philippine Journal of Science 13 (5d): 233-267 - get paper here
  • Wandolleck, B. 1900. Zur Kenntnis der Gattung Draco L. Abhandlungen und Berichte des Königlichen Zoologischen und Anthropologischn-Ethnologischen Museums zu Dresden 9: 1-16 - get paper here
  • Werner,F. 1910. Über neue oder seltene Reptilien des Naturhistorischen Museums in Hamburg. ii. Eidechsen. Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst., vol. 27 (1909), suppl. no. 2, 1910, pp. 1-46; reprinted: 1910, Mitteil. Naturhist. Mus. Hamburg, vol. 27: 205-) - get paper here
 
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