Draco jareckii

Draco jareckii
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. jareckii
Binomial name
	Draco jareckii; Lazell, 1992

Last updated December 28, 2025

Draco jareckii is a species of "flying" lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to the Philippines.^[2] Like all members of the genus Draco , males possess a dewlap for displaying, and both sexes possess pseudo-wings (patagia) for gliding from high places, though not actually capable of powered flight.^[3]

Etymology

The specific name, jareckii, is in honor of American psychiatrist Henry G. Jarecki.^[4]

Geographic range

D. jareckii is found on Batan Island in the Philippines.^[1]^[2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of D. jareckii is forest, at altitudes from sea level to 900 m (3,000 ft), but it has also been found in rural gardens.^[1]

Behavior

D. jareckii is arboreal, and is usually found on tree trunks at heights of 1.5–6 m (4.9–19.7 ft) above the ground.^[1]

Reproduction

D. jareckii is oviparous.^[2]

Conservation status

D. jareckii is identified as not in need of specialized conservation actions and labeled of "Least Concern" by the IUCN.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 Brown R, Gonzalez JC, Afuang L (2009). "Draco jareckii " . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2009. IUCN: e.T169867A6684141. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169867A6684141.en . Retrieved 13 June 2024.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
1 2 3 Draco jareckii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 12 April 2019.
↑ Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR (1978). Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Company. xi + 378 pp. ISBN 0-7167-0020-4. (Draco, pp. 41, 86, 112, 279, 288).
↑ 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 jareckii, p. 133).

Lazell JD (1992). "New Flying Lizards and Predictive Biogeography of Two Asian Archipelagos". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University152 (9): 475–505. (Draco jareckii, new species, pp. 488–498).
McGuire JA, Alcala AC (2000). "A Taxonomic Revision of the Flying Lizards (Iguania: Agamidae: Draco) of the Philippine Islands, with a Description of a New Species". Herpetological Monographs14: 81–138. (Draco jareckii, p. 105).
McGuire JA, Kiew BH (2001). "Phylogenetic systematics of Southeast Asian flying lizards (Iguania: Agamidae: Draco) as inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequence data". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society72 (2): 203–229.

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[iucn-1] 1 2 3 4 5 Brown R, Gonzalez JC, Afuang L (2009). "Draco jareckii " . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2009. IUCN: e.T169867A6684141. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T169867A6684141.en . Retrieved 13 June 2024.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[RDB-2] 1 2 3 Draco jareckii at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database . Accessed 12 April 2019.

[3] Goin CJ, Goin OB, Zug GR (1978). Introduction to Herpetology, Third Edition. San Francisco: W.H. Freeman and Company. xi + 378 pp. ISBN 0-7167-0020-4. (Draco, pp. 41, 86, 112, 279, 288).

[4] 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 jareckii, p. 133).

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