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Draco  Linnaeus, 1758
Taxonomic Serial No.: 209044

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2017   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassReptilia Laurenti, 1768 – répteis, reptiles, Reptiles  
                         OrderSquamata Oppel, 1811 – Amphisbaenians, Lizards, Snakes, amphisbčnes, lézards, serpents  
                            SuborderIguania  – iguanes, Iguanas  
                               FamilyAgamidae  – Old World Arboreal Lizards, Agamid Lizards  
                                  SubfamilyDraconinae   
                                     GenusDraco Linnaeus, 1758  
    Direct Children:  
                                        SpeciesDraco abbreviatus Hardwicke and Gray, 1827 – Singapore Flying Dragon 
                                        SpeciesDraco beccarii W. C. H. Peters and Doria, 1878  
                                        SpeciesDraco biaro Lazell, 1987 – Lazell's Flying Dragon 
                                        SpeciesDraco bimaculatus Günther, 1864 – Two-spotted Flying Lizard 
                                        SpeciesDraco blanfordii Boulenger, 1885 – Blanford's Flying Lizard 
                                        SpeciesDraco boschmai Henning, 1936  
                                        SpeciesDraco bourouniensis Lesson, 1834  
                                        SpeciesDraco caerulhians Lazell, 1992  
                                        SpeciesDraco cornutus Günther, 1864  
                                        SpeciesDraco cristatellus Günther, 1872 – Crested Flying Dragon 
                                        SpeciesDraco cyanopterus W. C. H. Peters, 1867  
                                        SpeciesDraco dussumieri A. M. C. Duméril and Bibron, 1837 – Western Ghats Flying Lizard, Southern Flying Lizard 
                                        SpeciesDraco fimbriatus Kuhl, 1820 – Fringed Flying Dragon 
                                        SpeciesDraco formosus Boulenger, 1900 – Dusky Gliding Lizard 
                                        SpeciesDraco guentheri Boulenger, 1885 – Guenther's Flying Lizard 
                                        SpeciesDraco haematopogon Gray, 1831 – Red-barbed Flying Dragon 
                                        SpeciesDraco indochinensis M. A. Smith, 1928 – Indochinese Flying Lizard 
                                        SpeciesDraco iskandari McGuire, Brown, Mumpuni, Riyanto and Andayani, 2007  
                                        SpeciesDraco jareckii Lazell, 1992  
                                        SpeciesDraco lineatus Daudin, 1802 – Lined Flying Dragon 
                                        SpeciesDraco maculatus (Gray, 1825) – Spotted Flying Dragon 
                                        SpeciesDraco maximus Boulenger, 1893 – Great Flying Dragon 
                                        SpeciesDraco melanopogon Boulenger, 1887 – Black-barbed Flying Dragon 
                                        SpeciesDraco mindanensis Stejneger, 1908 – Mindanao Flying Lizard 
                                        SpeciesDraco modiglianii Vinciguerra, 1892 – Lined Flying Dragon 
                                        SpeciesDraco norvillii Alcock, 1895 – Norvill's Flying Lizard 
                                        SpeciesDraco obscurus Boulenger, 1887 – Dusky Gliding Lizard 
                                        SpeciesDraco ornatus (Gray, 1845) – White-spotted Flying Lizard 
                                        SpeciesDraco palawanensis McGuire and Alcala, 2000  
                                        SpeciesDraco quadrasi Boettger, 1893 – Quadras' Flying Lizard 
                                        SpeciesDraco quinquefasciatus Hardwicke and Gray, 1827 – Five-lined Flying Dragon 
                                        SpeciesDraco reticulatus Günther, 1864  
                                        SpeciesDraco rhytisma Musters, 1983  
                                        SpeciesDraco spilonotus Günther, 1872  
                                        SpeciesDraco spilopterus (Wiegmann in Meyen, 1834) – Philippine FlyingDragon 
                                        SpeciesDraco sumatranus Schlegel, 1844 – Common Gliding Lizard 
                                        SpeciesDraco supriatnai McGuire, Brown, Mumpuni, Riyanto and Andayani, 2007  
                                        SpeciesDraco taeniopterus Günther, 1861 – Thai Flying Dragon 
                                        SpeciesDraco timorensis Kuhl, 1820 – Timor Flying Dragon 
                                        SpeciesDraco volans Linnaeus, 1758 – Common Flying Dragon 
                                        SpeciesDraco walkeri Boulenger, 1891  
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Applegarth, J. S.   
  Publication Date: 1983   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Index to the Genera of Reptilia - A Device to Assist Curators. Sauria (Lacertilia and Amphisbaenia), Third Edition   
  Page(s): 54   
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  Reference for: Draco   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Boulenger, G. A.   
  Publication Date: 1885   
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  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History), vol. 1   
  Page(s): 436   
  Publisher: Taylor and Francis   
  Publication Place: London, England   
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