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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Draco |
| Species: | D. jareckii
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| Binomial name | |
| Draco jareckii
Lazell, 1992
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Draco jareckii is a species of "flying" lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines. [2] Like all members of the genus Draco, males possess a dewlap for displaying, and both sexes possess pseudo-wings ( patagia) for gliding from high places, though not actually capable of powered flight. [3]
Etymology
The specific name, jareckii, is in honor of American psychiatrist Henry G. Jarecki. [4]
Geographic range
D. jareckii is found on Batan Island in the Philippines. [1] [2]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of D. jareckii is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 900 m (3,000 ft), but it has also been found in rural gardens. [1]
Behavior
D. jareckii is arboreal, and is usually found on tree trunks at heights of 1.5–6 m (4.9–19.7 ft) above the ground. [1]
Reproduction
Conservation status
D. jareckii is identified as not in need of specialized conservation actions and labeled of "Least Concern" by the IUCN. [1]
References
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Brown R,
Gonzalez JC,
Afuang L (2009).
"Draco jareckii ".
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009.
IUCN: e.T169867A6684141.
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10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169867A6684141.en. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
{{ cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link) - ^ a b c Draco jareckii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 April 2019.
- ^ Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR (1978). Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Company. xi + 378 pp. ISBN 0-7167-0020-4. (Draco, pp. 41, 86, 112, 279, 288).
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Draco jareckii, p. 133).
Further reading
- Lazell JD (1992). "New Flying Lizards and Predictive Biogeography of Two Asian Archipelagos". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 152 (9): 475–505. (Draco jareckii, new species, pp. 488–498).
- McGuire JA, Alcala AC (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. (Draco jareckii, p. 105).
- McGuire JA, Kiew BH (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 (2): 203–229.
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