Draco quinquefasciatus
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Five-banded Flying Lizard
Also known as:
Five-lined Flying Dragon, Five-banded Gliding Lizard
![Five-banded Flying Lizard (Draco quinquefasciatus)](../images/herps/standard/18022543PD.jpg)
![Five-banded Flying Lizard (Draco quinquefasciatus)](../images/herps/standard/18022545PD.jpg)
This was the first flying lizard I've come across at night, which is pretty lame considering how many different species there are in Malaysia, and how many nights I have spent looking for herps there. During the day, it would probably have skittered high up the tree before I could get a decent photo. But at night it held its position and I got couple of in situ photos, before gently plucking it off the tree so I could figure out which species it was. When I put it back, it gave me the side eye, but otherwise posed nicely.
Online references:
- Draco quinquefasciatus account on The Reptile Database
Printed references:
- Das, I. 2004. Lizards of Borneo
- Das, I. 2010. A Field Guide to the Reptiles of South-east Asia
- Malkmus, R., Manthey, U. Vogel, G., Hoffmann, P., & Kosuch, J. 2002. Amphibians & Reptiles of Mount Kinabalu (North Borneo)