Flying Dragon.

Hay is back with me @sucindi. Today I will tell you my thrilling experience but to wonder, a sense of wonder at this animal land, a very beautiful and fascinating animal in my opinion and does this animal also fascinate you? Let's keep reading this article to assess it.

At first I was sitting in the morning in front of the house and looked at the mango tree. It turns out I accidentally saw something like a lizard but strange, because at the bottom of his neck there is a motion, the lizard was two tails. At that moment I was curious about the lizard. The next day I looked again and photographed it. For three days every morning, I photographed it on my mango tree, many people passed by in front of me, but I ignored it, maybe I was mistaken for "the CRAZY" with the same people. Hahahaaa ..

These are the photos I took.

On the fourth day I found it, my parents told me that the mango tree would be cut down. I started to get excited, and immediately waited under the tree. After the mango tree was cut down I started looking for the lizard, but did not find it.

Hours after that my dad found the lizard, I was instantly excited. Although only one of the two that I saw in the mango tree. I started grasping, groping, squeezing, and measuring. Apparently it is not a lizard, it is a lizard with the name Cekibar Kampung(village) in Indonesia itself different names, such as Cekibar (Betawi), Hap-Hap (Sunda), and Cleret Gombel or Klarap (Java). while in English it is called Gliding Lizards or Flying Dragon and with the scientific name of Draco Volans.

These animals can be found starting from Thailand and the Malay Peninsula in the west, the Philippines Islands in the north, Sumatra, Mentawai, Riau, Natuna, Borneo, Java, Nusa Tenggara, Sulawesi, to Maluku in the east. As well as in the tropical forests of other southeast asia.

The lizards are somewhat small, the total length up to 200 mm (20 cm), but which I found along 21 cm. Patagium (wings) in the form of an extension of six pairs of ribs covered by skin of the patagium with the color yellow to orange, black spots. The underside is a yellowish gray, with black spots. The head is clenched, shaped and shriveled like grandparents; with a yellow pocket (male) or a bright blue (female), and a pair of leather sibir on the right side of the neck. Rigi crown small, located on the back side of the head. The eyes are typical of agamid lizards, with thick protruding stickers. Dorsal (upper side of the body) is brown to blackish or grayish, the color may turn darker or brighter when disturbed. Along the vertebra (spine) there is a pattern of black spots that regularly located: from the top of the head, the back of the head, the nape. Then enlarges and turns into a semicircle black pattern at three points on the back (dorsum) and one at the base of the tail. This kind of color pattern is a good cover in a tree plant. Ventral (underside of the body) whitish gray, slightly greenish on the medial side (midline of the body); with brownish spots in the lateral direction (next to the edge of the body). The tail is about 1 ½ times the length of the body, spotted at the end, with its strongly-flecked scales making it appear to be square-faced.

The male Draco lizard is very proactive using its flying capabilities. They glide by to catch competitors of two or three trees they claim to belong to. In the breeding season, it is common to see several males chasing females in the same tree. Store eggs in loose soil or humus near the base of the tree; females dug the ground by using a muzzle. Draco lizards rarely come down to the ground. The female Draco lizard descended to the ground to spawn only. Generally Draco lizards only lay eggs to 5 eggs only, egg holes covered with leaves and females keep the nest for 24 hours before returning to aas tree and leaving the egg inside the hive. The lizard I found was male.

SCIENTIFIC CLASSIFICATION.

• phylum: chordates.
• upafilum: vertebrates.
• class: reptilia.
• Ordersquamata.
• upaordo: sauria.
• superfamily: acrodonta.
• family: agamidae.
• upafamili: draconinae.
• genus: draco.
• species: Draco Volans.

This is a visible lizard photo from the back of the body.

This is a visible lizard photo from the back of the body.

Apparently, the population of Cekibar or Draco Volans at this time has decreased in the habitat. So, take good care of your nature and appreciate the sentient beings in it, so that our children and grandchildren can also enjoy the beauty of this nature and know all kinds of animals on this earth. STOP !!!! Hunting animals because they can damage the natural ecosystem.

Here is my amazing experience @sucindi, can find this rare animal, I hope this article useful to you and greetings from me @sucindi.