''Draco spilonotus'', the Sulawesi lined gliding lizard, is a lizard

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ...

. The species is known from various localities in forested areas of Sulawesi. The

patagium The patagium (plural: patagia) is a membranous body part that assists an animal in obtaining lift when gliding or flight. The structure is found in extant and extinct groups of flying and gliding animals including bats, birds, some dromaeosaurs ...

of the male is yellow in colour and has a network of brown lines radiating from the anterior. The

gular Gular is of or pertaining to the throat In vertebrate anatomy, the throat is the front part of the neck, internally positioned in front of the vertebrae. It contains the pharynx and larynx. An important section of it is the epiglottis, separatin ...

flag is yellow and rounded in shape.

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General References

# # # spilonotus Gliding animals Endemic fauna of Indonesia Reptiles of Sulawesi Taxa named by Albert Günther Reptiles described in 1872

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Draco VolansNation Geographic Flying DragonZoological Science Flying Lizards Genus DracoHerpetological Monographs, 2007
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