GECKOS, LIZARDS, AND CHAMELEONS. jM 



and these are of a quite unique character. The 

 creatures so modified are the " Flying Dragons " 

 of the Indo-Malayan countries. 



About twenty species of this remarkable genus 

 are known. All, as may be supposed, are arboreal, 



FIG. 8. The Flying Lizard (Draco volans). The " flight " is performed 

 by means of the parachute formed by skin stretched over the pro- 

 truding ribs. 



and, like the Anolis, move about the trees in a 

 succession of leaps, but, unlike this species, are 

 supported in mid-air by a relatively enormous 

 pair of " wings." These are formed of folds of 

 skin stretched between the hindmost ribs of the 

 body, which for this purpose are drawn out so 



