Let's take a brief look at it Fly a lizard.

I. Basic information

【Chinese name】Flying lizard

【Latin name】Draco sp.

【Alias】Flying Snake、Flying Dragon

【Kingdom】Animal Kingdom

【Door】Chordate

【Subphylum】Vertebrate Subphylum

[Class] Reptiles

[Order] Squamata

[Suborder] Lizard Suborder

[Family] Iguanidae

【Subfamily】Flying Lizards

【Genus】Flying Lizards

【Species】Flying Lizards

2. Morphological characteristics

1. Body size: The body length of the flying lizard is generally 10cm~24cm.

2. Features: The flying lizards are peculiar in shape, with well-developed laryngeal pouches and triangular neck pouches on the head, and wing membranes supported by 5-7 pairs of elongated ribs on the sides of the body. Different types of wing membranes and laryngeal sac markings have different colors.

Three, living habits

1. Habitat: Flying lizards are mainly distributed in the tropical rain forests of South Asia and Southeast Asia. They can also be seen in Yunnan, Hainan and other places in my country. They inhabit tropical and subtropical forests at an altitude of 700 to 1500 meters. Often active in trees, rarely down to the ground.

2. Diet: Flying lizards mainly feed on insects, and it is often found that flying lizards eat ants crawling on trees.

3. Breeding: Flying lizards will lay eggs in burrows or tree holes, 2 to 5 eggs each time.

Fourth, gliding state

When flying lizards glide head down and from a height, they can also change the gliding direction. Their forelimbs play an important role in this process. When the flying lizards jump from the tree to prepare to glide, they will immediately retract their forelimbs, grasp the wing membrane and stretch forward, this grasping action will continue throughout the gliding process, and they will not release the wing membrane until the end of the glide. , use the forelimbs to assist the landing.

The above is all about the flying lizard, thank you for watching.