Draco quinquefasciatus Hardwicke & Gray 1827
Description
Draco quinquefasciatus Hardwicke & Gray, 1827 — Native.
Draco 5 fasciata Hardwicke & Gray, 1827: 219. Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.27.4 (formerly BM 23.6 a), by original designation. Type locality: “ India ” (in error); later restricted to “nachträglich festgelegt in Penang ”, Peninsular Malaysia by Hennig (1936: 193).
Five-banded Flying Dragon
(Figure 11B; Lower Peirce Forest)
Singapore records.
Draco quinquefasciatus —J.L. Grismer et al., 2002: 65 (Bukit Timah Nature Reserve).—N. Baker & K.P. Lim, 2008: 54, 158.—K.K.P. Lim et al., 2008: 169.— Manthey, 2008: 49.—L.L. Grismer, 2011b: 203, 207.—P.K.L. Ng et al., 2011: 316.—N. Baker & K.P. Lim, 2012: 76, 159.—Chan-ard et al., 2015: 83.—Serin, 2015b: 29 (Bukit Timah Nature Reserve; Mandai Track 15).—Sankar & M.F.C. Ng, 2016a: 71 (Venus Loop [WNP]).— Khew & Yokohari, 2017: 12.—W. Wong, 2017: 51.—R.C.H. Teo & Thomas, 2019: 147, 156, 180 (Bukit Timah Nature Reserve).— Janssen & Sy, 2022: 27, 149.
Remarks. First discovered on 13 March 2001 at BTNR (Grismer et al. 2002), D. quinquefasciatus was considered rare (Baker & Lim 2012). This record appears to have been overlooked by Teo & Thomas (2019) as they stated D. quinquefasciatus was previously unrecorded from BTNR. Two photographs of D. quinquefasciatus shown in Baker & Lim (2012) indicate that it was sighted presumably after Grismer et al. (2002). Baker & Lim (2012) also mentioned that D. quinquefasciatus occurs in CNR, implying the photos were taken somewhere within CCNR (Subaraj 2015). Three subsequent observations of an individual at Mandai Track 15 on 24 February 2015 (Subaraj 2015), one at WNP on 3 April 2016 (Sankar & Ng 2016a), and one photographed at LPF on 19 February 2017 (Fig. 11B) (J.G.H. Seah pers. comm.) display that D. quinquefasciatus is distributed throughout CNR and its surrounding nature parks.
Occurrence. Restricted to CNR and surrounding Nature Parks and forests. Uncommon.
Singapore conservation status. Endangered.
Conservation priority. Highest.
IUCN conservation status. Least Concern [2021].
LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. No specimens.
Additional Singapore museum specimens. No specimens.
Singapore localities. Bukit Timah Nature Reserve—Lower Peirce Forest—Mandai Track 15—Windsor Nature Park.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- BMNH, BM
- Family
- Agamidae
- Genus
- Draco
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Material sample ID
- BMNH 1946.8, BM 23.6
- Order
- Squamata
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Hardwicke & Gray
- Species
- quinquefasciatus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Type status
- holotype
- Taxonomic concept label
- Draco quinquefasciatus Hardwicke, 1827 sec. Figueroa, Low & Lim, 2023
References
- Hardwicke, T. & Gray, J. E. (1827) A synopsis of the species of saurian reptiles, collected in India by Hardwicke. Zoological Journal, 3 (10), 213 - 229.
- Hennig, W. (1936) Revision der gattung Draco (Agamidae). Temminckia, 1, 154 - 220.
- Grismer, J. L., Powels, G. & Youmans, T. (2002) Geographic distribution: Draco quinquefasciatus. Herpetological Review, 33 (1), 65.
- Manthey, U. (2008) TERRALOG. Vol. 7 a. Agamid Lizards of Southern Asia - Draconinae 1. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, 160 pp.
- Grismer, L. L. (2011 b) Lizards of Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore and Their Adjacent Archipelagos. Edition Chimaira, Frankfurt am Main, 728 pp.
- Khew, Y. T. J. & Yokohari, M. (2017) Recommendations for urban biodiversity conservation in the context of landscape preference in Singapore. Cities and the Environment (CATE), 10 (1), 1 - 21.
- Janssen, J. & Sy, E. (2022) A Naturalist's Guide to the Lizards of Southeast Asia. John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd, England, 176 pp.
- Baker, N. & Lim, K. P. (2012) Wild Animals of Singapore: A Photographic Guide to Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians and Freshwater Fishes. Updated Edition. Draco Publishing and Distribution Pte Ltd and Nature Society, Singapore, 180 pp.