Draco dussumieri

Draco dussumieri, the Indian, southern or Western Ghats flying lizard, glides from tree to tree. The skin on the sides of the neck is extended using the tongue's hyoid bones as support, and loose skin on the flanks, held out by elongated ribs, acts as wings. It is brown with grey patches matching tree bark and can change colour to a limited extent. The male has a more colourful gliding membrane than the female and prominently extends a yellow throat flap in display. Adults are about 23 cm long in total (Wikipedia, general species account).

It is almost entirely arboreal, found on trees in forests and adjoining palm plantations, where it climbs to forage for insects. Specimens from northern Karnataka were found to feed on large numbers of ants. In the breeding season males hold small territories and defend them from other males while courting females. Females descend to the ground during the monsoon to lay eggs in soil. The species is found principally in the Western Ghats and some other hill forests of southern India.