{{Short description|Species of lizard}} {{Italic title}} {{Speciesbox |image = Draco melanopogon 178792232.jpg | name = ''Draco melanopogon'' | genus = Draco | species = melanopogon | authority = Boulenger, 1887 }}

'''''Draco melanopogon''''', commonly known as the '''black-bearded gliding lizard''' or '''black-barbed flying dragon''', is a species of agamid "flying lizard" endemic to Southeast Asia.<ref>Myers P, Espinosa R, Parr CS, Jones T, Hammond GS, Dewey TA. 2008. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed June 01, 2008 at http://animaldiversity.org</ref> It is a typically forest-dwelling arboreal lizard.<ref name="Lim Lim 1992 p. ">{{cite book | last=Lim | first=Kelvin K. P. | last2=Lim | first2=Francis Leong Keng | title=A guide to the amphibians & reptiles of Singapore | publisher=Singapore Science Centre | publication-place=Singapore | date=1992 | isbn=9971-88-304-X | oclc=25855353 | page=}}</ref> It preys on small invertebrates like ants and is oviparous. They are notable for relying solely on dewlap-mediated communication, instead of conveying signals via both headbobbing and employing dewlaps, as is typical for lizards with dewlaps.<ref>https://www.anoleannals.org/2023/03/11/dewlap-displays-supersede-headbobs-yet-again/</ref>

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==Further reading== * Boulenger GA. 1887. ''Catalogue of the Lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Second Edition. Volume III. ...'' London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xii + 575 pp. + Plates I- XL. (''Draco melanopogon'', new species, p.&nbsp;492). * Das I. 2006. ''A Photographic Guide to Snakes and Other Reptiles of Borneo''. Sanibel Island Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. {{ISBN|0-88359-061-1}}. (''Draco melanopogon'', p.&nbsp;79).

==External links== {{Commons category|Draco melanopogon}} * [http://www.ecologyasia.com/verts/lizards/black-bearded_gliding_lizard.htm ''Draco melanopogon'' entry at Ecology Asia website]

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Category:Reptiles of Borneo Category:Reptiles of Southeast Asia melanopogon Category:Reptiles described in 1887 Category:Taxa named by George Albert Boulenger

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