Draco jareckii

Draco jareckii
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Genus:	Draco
Species:	D. jareckii
Binomial name
Draco jareckii Lazell, 1992

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

D. jareckii is oviparous.[2]

Conservation status

D. jareckii is identified as not in need of specialized conservation actions and labeled of "Least Concern" by the IUCN.[1]

References

1. Brown R, Gonzalez JC, Afuang L (2009). "Draco jareckii ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2009. IUCN: e.T169867A6684141. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169867A6684141.en. Retrieved 13 June 2024.
2. Draco jareckii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 12 April 2019.
3. 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).
4. 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.