''Draco spilonotus'', the Sulawesi lined gliding lizard, is a lizard

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

Sulawesi Sulawesi ( ), also known as Celebes ( ), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the List of islands by area, world's 11th-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Min ...

. The species is known from various localities in forested areas of Sulawesi. The

patagium The patagium (: patagia) is a membranous body part that assists an animal in obtaining lift when gliding or flying. The structure is found in extant and extinct groups of flying and gliding animals including bats, theropod dinosaurs (inclu ...

of the male is yellow in colour and has a network of brown lines radiating from the anterior. The gular flag is yellow and rounded in shape.

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# # # spilonotus Gliding animals Endemic fauna of Indonesia Reptiles of Sulawesi Taxa named by Albert Günther Reptiles described in 1872

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Draco VolansNation Geographic Flying DragonZoological Science Flying Lizards Genus DracoHerpetological Monographs, 2007
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