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title: "Western Ghats Flying Lizard"
description: "Draco dussumieri — Reptilien. Draco dussumieri, also known commonly as the Indian flying lizard, the southern flying lizard, and the Western Ghats flying lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/western-ghats-flying-lizard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Western Ghats Flying Lizard

> Draco dussumieri — Reptilien. Draco dussumieri, also known commonly as the Indian flying lizard, the southern flying lizard, and the Western Ghats flying lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae.

- Scientific name: *Draco dussumieri*
- Category: `reptiles` (Reptilien)
- Habitats: `forest` (Wald)
- iNaturalist observations: 607
- Wikidata: [Q3014692](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3014692)
- iNaturalist taxon: [31198](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/31198)

## Names

- en: Western Ghats Flying Lizard

## Countries with the most observations

IN (489)

## Summary

Draco dussumieri, also known commonly as the Indian flying lizard, the southern flying lizard, and the Western Ghats flying lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is capable of gliding from tree to tree. It is found principally in the Western Ghats and some other hill forests of Southern India. It is almost completely arboreal, found on trees in forests and adjoining palm plantations where it climbs trees to forage for insects and glides to adjoining trees by expanding the patagium, loose skin on the sides of the body which is supported by elongated ribs to act as wings. The skin on the…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draco_dussumieri

## Photo

![Western Ghats Flying Lizard](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/western-ghats-flying-lizard/medium.jpg)

Photo: Omar Haroon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/389363258

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/western-ghats-flying-lizard?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).