Draco the flying lizard
The photograph I posted yesterday was the Draco, The Flying Lizard. Click here to see the lizard marked out in the bark.
These small lizards live in trees and are found along the Western Ghats. They are masters of Camouflage and if they are sitting on a bark without moving, its almost impossible to find them. On land they are clumsy and easy victims for predators. When scared, they run up a tree. When threatened, they leap off the tree. With their “wings” stretched out, these long-tailed, lightly built lizards glide gracefully. The wings act like parachutes. They gently land on another tree, head up. When they land, they run up the tree, getting ready for their next flight.
During mating season, male flying lizards defend their territories. They court females by displaying their bright yellow throat flap as shown in the photograph above. They have to, as they are well camouflaged otherwise.
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Wow..
Lovely pic of the throat flap! So tough to take that, esp when the lizard is JUST in profile like that.
The throat flap is huge. How does it retract back into the lizard or fold up?
Are they capable of changing colours/patters/shades?. coz I have noticed most Flying lizards above Shimoga are light in colour and ones due south of Shimoga are darker in shade. Any reason?
You cheap guy, where have you been this whole time? We better see some more pics with the nice explanations… :-p
Amazing God’s creatures!
Will this be entered into photography competitions?
Wow….thats a beautiful shot!!!
How did you separate the lizard
Did you perform a histogram equalization and then a gradient rotation ? How did you get the second photo ?
Krishna
Wow…. Long…. =)
Oh my God!!!!!! that’s an amazing picture! How did u even catch this?!?!?
On digg now, page 2.
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Surprise surprise…
Leave it to our Indians to take care of wildlife.
Dumbasses.
Kiran Venkatesh
it looks like a twig:)