Animal facts-Draco Lizard

In this blog post I will be discussing the draco lizard.

Draco lizards are reptiles and they are a carnivore. They live in Southeast Asia. They can grow up to 8.4 inches long. They are abundant throughout different continents and have no special conservation status. Draco lizards use their long, slender tails to steer themselves, and each sortie can carry them up to 30 feet. These are so-called flying dragons because they can fly from tree to tree. They have a set of elongated ribs, which they can extend and retract. Between these ribs are folds of skin that rest flat against the body. They have flattened bodies, which also aid in flight, and are a mottled brown in color. The undersides of their wings are blue in males and yellow in females. They also have a flap of skin on the bottom of their necks called a dewlap. This is bright yellow in males and bluish gray in females. Although Draco's usually avoid going to the ground, females still must descend to deposit eggs. The lizard uses her pointed snout to create a small hole in the ground, where she lays about five eggs and then covers the hole with dirt. She remains on the ground for about 24 hours, fiercely guarding the nest, and then returns to the trees and leaves the eggs to their fate.

This is the picture of a Draco Lizard. I found this picture on animals.nationalgeographic.com.