Draco iskandari

Draco iskandari
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Genus:	Draco
Species:	D. iskandari
Binomial name
	Draco iskandari; McGuire, Brown, Mumpuni, Riyanto & Andayani, 2007

Last updated November 30, 2025

Draco iskandari is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae.^[2] The species is endemic to Indonesia.

Etymology

The specific name, iskandari, is in honor of Indonesian herpetologist Djoko Tjahono Iskandar.^[3]

Geographic range

D. iskandari is found on the island of Tagulandang, one of the Sangihe Islands off the northern tip of Sulawesi, Indonesia.^[1]^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of D. iskandari is forest, but it has also been found in artificial habitats such orchards and plantations.^[1]

Behavior

D. iskandari is arboreal and diurnal.^[1]

Reproduction

D. iskandari is oviparous.^[2]

References

1 2 3 4 Reilly S (2021). "Draco iskandari ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T104654123A104654126.en. Accessed on 17 May 2024.
1 2 3 Draco iskandari at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 28 April 2021.
↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Draco iskandari, p. 131).

Koch A (2012). Discovery, Diversity, and Distribution of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Sulawesi and its offshore islands. Frankfurt am Main, Germany: Edition Chimaira. 374 pp. ISBN 978-3-89973-432-4.
McGuire JA, Brown RM, Mumpuni, Riyanto A, Andayani N (2007). "The flying lizards of the Draco lineatus group (Squamata: Iguania: Agamidae): A taxonomic revision with descriptions of two new species". Herpetological Monographs21 (1): 180–213. (Draco iskandari, new species, p. 183).

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[iucn-1] 1 2 3 4 Reilly S (2021). "Draco iskandari ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T104654123A104654126.en. Accessed on 17 May 2024.

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 Draco iskandari at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 28 April 2021.

[3] Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Draco iskandari, p. 131).

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