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Western Ghats Flying Lizard
Agamidae

Western Ghats Flying Lizard

Draco dussumieri Duméril & Bibron, 1837

Draco dussumieri, the southern flying lizard, is an arboreal gliding insect-eating lizard native to southern India.

Bartlett’s Flying Dragon
Agamidae

Bartlett’s Flying Dragon

Draco cornutus Günther, 1864

Draco cornutus lizards change their gliding membrane color to match local leaves for camouflage from predators.

Blanford's Flying Lizard
Agamidae

Blanford's Flying Lizard

Draco blanfordii Boulenger, 1885

Draco blanfordii Boulenger, 1885 is the largest species in the Draco genus, a lizard found across parts of South and Southeast Asia.

Boschma's Flying Dragon
Agamidae

Boschma's Flying Dragon

Draco boschmai Hennig, 1936

Draco boschmai is an oviparous lizard found on multiple Indonesian islands, with dark brown patagia and up to 9 cm SVL.

Philippine Flying Dragon
Agamidae

Philippine Flying Dragon

Draco spilopterus (Wiegmann, 1834)

Draco spilopterus, the Philippine flying dragon, is an agamid lizard species that lives in the Philippines and Indonesia.

Sumatran Flying Dragon
Agamidae

Sumatran Flying Dragon

Draco sumatranus Schlegel, 1844

Draco sumatranus Schlegel, 1844 is a Southeast Asian lizard found in forests and urban green spaces.

Javan Flying Dragon
Agamidae

Javan Flying Dragon

Draco volans Linnaeus, 1758

Draco volans is a Southeast Asian flying lizard that nests in soil and has distinct patagium markings between sexes.

Leaf-nosed Lizard
Agamidae

Leaf-nosed Lizard

Ceratophora tennentii Günther, 1861

Ceratophora tennentii is a Sri Lankan lizard with a leaf-like nasal appendage that relies on coloration to avoid predators.

Rhino Horn Lizard
Agamidae

Rhino Horn Lizard

Ceratophora stoddartii Gray, 1834

Ceratophora stoddartii is an arboreal horned lizard species native to the montane forests of central Sri Lanka.

Whistling Lizard
Agamidae

Whistling Lizard

Calotes liolepis Boulenger, 1885

Calotes liolepis is a Sri Lankan whistling agamid lizard that whistles when alarmed and feeds on insects and ants.

Large Scaled Forest Lizard
Agamidae

Large Scaled Forest Lizard

Calotes grandisquamis Günther, 1875

Calotes grandisquamis is an insectivorous arboreal agamid lizard native to India’s Western Ghats evergreen rainforests.

forest garden lizard
Agamidae

forest garden lizard

Calotes emma Gray, 1845

Calotes emma is an Asian agamid lizard that is diurnal, oviparous, and kept in the pet trade.

Common Green Forest Lizard
Agamidae

Common Green Forest Lizard

Calotes calotes (Linnaeus, 1758)

Calotes calotes is a large agamid lizard described by physical traits, coloration, and known roosting habits.

Oriental Garden Lizard
Agamidae

Oriental Garden Lizard

Calotes versicolor (Daudin, 1802)

Calotes versicolor, the changeable crested tree bloodsucker lizard, is an insectivorous, color-changing lizard native to South and Southeast Asia.

Black-cheek lizard
Agamidae

Black-cheek lizard

Calotes nigrilabris Peters, 1860

Calotes nigrilabris is an arboreal agamid lizard found in submontane and montane Sri Lanka above 1000 meters, that hunts insects by day.

Myanmar Blue Crested Lizard
Agamidae

Myanmar Blue Crested Lizard

Calotes mystaceus Duméril & Bibron, 1837

Calotes mystaceus is a diurnal insectivorous agamid lizard native to Southeast Asia, first recorded in Florida.

Vietnamese Blue Crested Lizard
Agamidae

Vietnamese Blue Crested Lizard

Calotes bachae Hartmann, Geissler, Poyarkov, Ihlow, Galoyan, Rödder & Böhme, 2013

Calotes bachae, the Cochinchina lizard, is an Agamidae species found in Indochina, recognized as a separate species in 2013.

Siamese Blue Crested Lizard
Agamidae

Siamese Blue Crested Lizard

Calotes goetzi Wagner, Ihlow, Hartmann, Flecks, Schmitz & Böhme, 2021

Calotes goetzi is an agamid lizard native to parts of East and Southeast Asia and introduced to Singapore.

Great Crested Canopy Lizard
Agamidae

Great Crested Canopy Lizard

Bronchocela jubata Duméril & Bibron, 1837

Bronchocela jubata is an agamid lizard with distinctive physical traits and specific egg-laying habits.

Green Crested Lizard
Agamidae

Green Crested Lizard

Bronchocela cristatella (Kuhl, 1820)

Bronchocela cristatella is a color-changing arboreal lizard found across forests and developed areas of Southeast Asia.

Scale-bellied Tree Lizard
Agamidae

Scale-bellied Tree Lizard

Acanthosaura lepidogaster (Cuvier, 1829)

The brown pricklenape (Acanthosaura lepidogaster) is an agamid lizard species found in five countries across Southeast Asia and China.

Boulenger's Pricklenape
Agamidae

Boulenger's Pricklenape

Acanthosaura crucigera Boulenger, 1885

Acanthosaura crucigera is a lizard species found in Southeast Asia, with a distinct neck marking and total length of ~25 cm.

Armored Pricklenape
Agamidae

Armored Pricklenape

Acanthosaura armata (Gray, 1827)

Acanthosaura armata is an agamid lizard found across parts of Southeast Asia and southern China, with two common names.

Cardamom Mountains Pricklenape
Agamidae

Cardamom Mountains Pricklenape

Acanthosaura cardamomensis Wood, Grismer, Grismer, Neang, Chav & Holden, 2010

Acanthosaura cardamomensis is a 2010-described agamid lizard found in parts of Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam.

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