#draconinae

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Guys. Vil did Ortho's make up with a regular brush and not an airbrush. I'm light headed thinking about Vil being affectionate with a first year who actually wants to reciprocate it.

Ortho wants to be acknowledged as a real boy and Vil gives that to him every single time. He would caress Ortho's skin because of how unnaturally soft it is. When Ortho looks a little peeved at the thought that a self learning automaton can't have soft skin, but Vil clarifies that he meant "for a 16 year old boy. He has soft skin for a 16 year old boy."

When Ortho misses film club meetings, idia tells Vil that he has a bug. Vil's not entirely clueless, he brainstorms with Epel things that he might enjoy while he feels better. They settle on a holographic soup that Ortho delights in downloading.

When he returns, Vil feels around his neck for any remnants of a fever or swelling, his so called "lymph nodes." Ortho finds it all pleasant, even if it is a weird sensation. Despite being built with touch sensors and complex coding to distinguish between touches, most people aren't aware of them. They try not to touch him.

Vil would also fall in love with Ortho's eccentricities. He loves that Ortho is outspoken with his own opinions, especially on the films they create. Vil would tell him that his little synthetic laugh is contagious, and makes him laugh too.

The problem with being created so human, with his own scarily similar humanity, is that he feels grief without the justification. Idia's bad moods can ruin his too, a lack of touch can make him lonely. Being excluded feels just like that.

The small ways that NRC boys, the 3rd years in particular, include Ortho leave me sobbing on the floor. Malleus referring to Ortho as Littler Shroud, using a name that he reserves for living things to address Ortho. Floyd and Jade strong arming Idia into making Ortho feet so he can wear shoes (LOL?) kjasdas post cancelled I can't stop laughing

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“I...I think I like it here, at this party”

Mademoiselle Gwen Schnee has arrived at the Glimmering Soirée!

Voice lines and Fullbody are under the cut!

Summon: “I do hope I’m dressed well enough for this...”

Groovy: “Allow me to be of service tonight!”

Set Home: “This hoop skirt makes some of movements odd. I’m sure I’ll get used to it.”

Home Idle 1: “I’m not sure how to think about the tiara....I’m not quite royalty so..why am I wearing it?”

Home Idle 2: “This gown is so sparkly, I look like fresh snow in the sun.”

Home Idle 3: “Kalim seems very excited as his role as a Prince. I do hope he does well...”

Home Login: “I do wonder when they’re going to announce the Belle of the Ball?”

Home Idle Groovy: “The pudding they’re serving is just marvelous, I must get the recipe.”

Home Tap 1: “Prince Roya and I danced almost all night....I never wanted it to end.”

Home Tap 2: “My fellow maid, Lady Cloche, and I made sure everything was in place such as sewing on missing buttons and straightening things.”

Home Tap 3: “I don’t think Lord Viktor likes crowds much....I saw him going into the courtyard outside.”

Home Tap 4: “My sister, Tinsley, helped me with my hair. As a maid, it’s typically my duty to do one’s hair but....I appreciate Sis for her help.”

Home Tap 5: “My dormmate and fellow retainer to the Draconinas, Lady Nana, found the cupcakes at the dessert table.....I doubt there will be any left after she’s done.”

Home Tap Groovy: “You seem to be without a partner...may I be your partner for this dance?”

Ocs Mentioned - Roya belongs to @rosietrace , Tinsley belongs to @jasdiary , Viktor belongs to @cynthinesia , Nana belongs to @twstinginthewind , and Cloche belongs to @robo-milky

Full body!

[yiqi-fr]

I'm sick and got way too into the ID rabbit hole, so let's discuss why this guy is (Probably!) either in the Gonocephalus genus or Acanthosaura genus and why it can't be an Iguana!

 I want to start by saying although I have more experience with lizards and herpetology than your average person I am not an expert.

Where better to begin than with the teeth, the most gremlin-like part of this guy! This animal has very shark-like teeth which while on their own might not be very informative, combined with a few other traits lets me ID this tooth type as acrodont. Now acrodont teeth are when the tooth itself is fused to the jaw bone which is different from our tooth attachment style as mammals, socketed thecodont teeth.

Figures from Razmade et al., 2023 and Kavková et al., 2020

This is also different from Iguanas, which have Pleurodont teeth like most other lizards. In fact, acrodont teeth are somewhat rare across squamates and are really only in the clade Acrodontia (and some amphisbaenians but this is definitely not an amphisbaenian, if you look them up you can see why)! Acrodontia includes two clades, agamids and chameleons which narrows our search down by a lot. However, we can also see in the picture that this animal doesn't have zygodactyl feet like chameleons so it must be some sort of agamid.

Now agamids are very widespread and diverse, in fact, bearded dragons, uromastyx, thorny dragons, sailfin lizards, and frilled lizards are all agamids, which means that although we narrowed down the clade there are still plenty of candidates. This is where we need to be a bit creative to get whatever information we can from the picture before we sort through the agamid family tree. This animal has green-brown skin and sparse patterning. What patterning it does have is subtle striping on the tail and body. What is notable are the very long arms and legs compared to the body size, and the tall spines/comb along the animal's back extending from the base of the animal's head to the base of its tail. It's very interesting IMO what this animal doesn't have. It doesn't have ornamental scales on its head or cheeks, nor does it have a brightly colored neck (although because we don't know the animal's age we can't rule out that it is some sort of immature animal) It also has rougher/keeled scales on its legs, belly, and tail. Honestly... that doesn't give us a whole lot of information so from here it was a lot of sifting through the agamid family tree.

What I ended up finding was that they seem pretty similar to taxa in the Gonocephalus genus like the Borneo forest dragon or Bell's forest dragon. However, some other sleuths have identified them as the Acanthosaura genus like the mountain horned lizards. I think that both of these are reasonable IDs (biased lol) but let's go over a few of the differences and why we ended up at these clades. For starters, these genera are actually pretty closely related, they're both in the clade Draconinae which includes taxa from southeast Asia and Oceania, and the really cool genus of gliding lizards Draco!

(Acanthosaura capra photo (source/source)(source))

The most likely candidate in the Acanthosaura genus is A. capra, aka the green pricklenape or horned mountain dragon. These animals are often kept in the pet trade, which is one of the reasons they might be pictured chowing down on someone's sweatshirt sleeve (some people in the pet trade also have A. nataliae, A. crucigera, A. lepidogaster, and A. armata but their coloration and spines are different). Many traits fit, as horned mountain dragons have long legs compared to their body size, a tall comb/ tall spines over their nuchal (neck) region, and keeled scales in the same places as the picture. The reason I don't think that it's a mountain dragon is that mountain dragons don't have their spines extending the length of their back, and they also possess a keratinous spike (the horn of the horned dragon) at the back of their eye ridge, which is not seen in this picture. However, again we don't know the age of this animal and the spike/horn doesn't show up in every picture I've seen of horned mountain dragons so I think this is a perfectly reasonable ID for this animal with our available information

(Gonocephalus bornensis (source) (source)) (Gonocephalus bellii (source))

There are a few possibilities in the Gonocephalus genus (also called angle-head lizards or forest dragons) but not many, and it additionally seems like these guys aren't commonly kept in the reptile trade. It seems like Bell's forest dragon, giant forest dragon, and chameleon forest dragon are the more common dragons in the pet trade from this genus but it is very hard for me to find info on how common they are without diving in which I don't have time for so treat this with a grain of salt. This forum and this website both have info on keeping mountain and forest dragons but none of them mention the Borneo forest dragon which makes me sceptical bout my first ID. It seems unlikely if no one keeps them in captivity! So while it looks most like a Borneo to me it would probably be more likely to be a Bell's forest dragon if it is in Gonocephalus. Nonetheless, The reason I think this guy fits with forest dragons is because of the extended comb/spines that stretch from the back of the head all the way to the base of the tail (the perspective makes it difficult to make out but IMO the spines extend all the way) as well as the coloration (look at those tail stripes and the colors!). This is seen in Gonocephalus but not Acanthosaura, but again we have limited info and either hypothesis is reasonable. In fact, I tracked down the original reddit thread that this was posted in and the IDs were either Acanthosaura or Gonocephalus. There are even more threads with this exact picture and ID threads of Gonocephalus that look like the animal in this pic. I think that this is as far as we can narrow it down without any additional evidence like the location of the pics or more pics posted from the pet owner.

Anywho, thanks for bearing with me in this thread.

Dude

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Morphological and molecular differences in two closely related Calotes Cuvier, 1817 (Squamata: Agamidae: Draconinae) with the first record of Calotes medogensis Zhao & Li, 1984 from India

http://dlvr.it/SnKqd0

[lizardsdaily]

🦎 Common Flying Dragon - Draco volans 

📷 Zhao1967

[animalworld]

FIVE BANDED GLIDING LIZARD Draco quinquefasciatus

Draco is a genus of agamid lizards that are also known as flying lizards, flying dragons or gliding lizards. These lizards are capable of gliding flight; their ribs and their connecting membrane may be extended to create "wings" (patagia- similar to flying squirrels), the hindlimbs are flattened and wing-like in cross-section, and a flap on the neck (the gular flag) serves as a horizontal stabilizer (the flag is sometimes used in warning to others).

Draco are arboreal insectivores.

While not capable of powered flight they often obtain lift in the course of their gliding flights. Glides as long as 60 m (200 ft) have been recorded, over which the animal loses only 10 m (33 ft) in height, which is quite some distance, considering that these lizards are only around 20 cm (7.9 in) in total length (tail included).

They are found in South Asia and Southeast Asia, and are fairly common in forests, gardens, teak plantations and shrub jungle.

Below showing wings and gular flag. ©A.S.Kono Sulawesi Lined Gliding Lizard Draco spilonotus

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Crowned spiny lizard (Acanthosaura coronata)

Photo by Jeremy Holden

[postcardsfromfelix]

Maybe a Bronchocela jubata (en: Maned Forest Lizard, de: Langschwanzagamen)

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Ruína

Ao norte de Mera fica uma enorme cadeia de montanhas, as Montanhas de Dragão, e no coração dessas montanhas existe um caverna, uma caverna que abriga um gigantesco tesouro, com joias e moedas, gemas e armaduras, os mais diversos tipos de armas, um tesouro digno do mais poderoso dos reis. O mais poderoso dos reis. Krazer é seu nome, e ele é o maior e mais poderoso dragão que já existiu em Mera, sua caverna cheira a fumaça e enxofre, sua magnitude é incomparável, o brilho do ouro reflete em suas escamas negras, escamas essas que cobrem todo seu corpo gigantesco, afiados chifres se estendem de sua cabeça para trás de seu pescoço com chifres menores ao lado de sua face e em seu queixo e ainda uma linha com chifres diminutos acima de seus olhos rubros, possui uma barbatana que começava atrás de sua cabeça e se estende até a ponta de sua cauda, cauda essa que também era repleta de chifres de variados tamanhos, longas garras que mais pareciam lanças e dentes afiados como espadas, gigantescas asas, que quando abertas podem chegar a medir 17 metros de comprimento. A sua volta jazem, além de seu tesouro, os ossos de animais de médio porte que tiveram a infelicidade de cruzar seu caminho.   No centro da cadeia das Montanhas de Dragão se encontra o Vale da Eclosão, e nesse vale ficam todos os ninhos com os ovos em fase de choca de todo dragão de Mera, eles são protegidos por algumas fêmeas, que estão sempre os mantendo aquecidos o suficiente para que no momento propicio eles possam eclodir e prosseguir o processo de crescimento. Tais fêmeas também são responsáveis de vigiar os arredores das montanhas, e não deixar passar nenhuma criatura indesejáveis, que possa querer fazer algum mal à espécie.   É verdade que o tempo passa para todos, e que para os dragões centenas de anos podem não significar muito, mas Krazer além de ser o maior da espécie é um dos mais velhos, e ultimamente ele tem passado seus dias entre seu sono e sua caçada, e a atenção para o que estava em sua volta não era sua prioridade. No terceiro dia da primavera, o numero de fêmeas no vale estava reduzido, pois uma parte delas tinha ido para a caçada, e as atenções estavam quase que exclusivamente voltadas para as ninhadas, e nenhuma fêmea percebeu a aproximação de um vulto negro nas montanhas. Tal vulto era um ser muito antigo, um habitante das sombras quase tão antigo quanto a própria existência de Mera, e ele estava nas Montanhas de Dragão por que ele tinha um propósito. De maneira sorrateira ele se esgueirou pelas sombras e pelo escuro, evitou as grandes fogueiras que se espalhavam pela grande caverna, que se estendia pelo subsolo da cadeia de montanhas, e encontrou seu destino, o grande salão de Krazer. O grande dragão dormia no centro do salão, em cima de uma gigantesca pilha de moedas, gemas, armas e tudo mais o que qualquer um apenas sonhou que um dia poderia existir em um tesouro, e não percebeu a presença do Senhor Negro, que se aproximava murmurando  e sibilando encantamentos de possessão em uma língua desconhecida, uma língua tão antiga quanto o tempo, a língua usada pelos supremos na Era da Criação.     O farfalhar de suas vestes e o rolar de moedas acabou chamando atenção para a grande fera alada, que de súbito abriu os olhos a procura do perturbador de seu sono.   - Quem ousa perturbar meu sono? perguntou em seu vozerio retumbante   - Não sou ninguém além de um servo, que deseja apenas a verdade para Vossa excelência draconina. disse o feiticeiro com falsa modéstia em sua voz   - Servo? Desconheço que tal serviço seja feito por algo que não um de minha espécie.    - É verdade que não possuo o sangue fervente e nem as escamas de aço de seu tipo, que sou apenas um frágil ser comparado a vossa magnitude, mas venho com boas intenções. Venho avisa-lo de uma conspiração. as palavras do feiticeiro vinham cobertas do mais poderoso veneno que existente - Conspiração? Quem seria o tolo de conspirar contra Krazer?   - Ouço sussurros de deposição e regicídio, ó poderoso respirador do fogo.   - Deposição? Regicídio? Isto é loucura, mostre-se e enfrente as consequências por tais insanidades. porém, apesar do tom em sua voz, Krazer ficou com uma certa desconfiança sobre a veracidade da informação   - É apenas o que sei, magnifico condutor da destruição.    O feiticeiro sabia o que suas acusações, junto com os elogios e a feitiçaria que tinha feito, iam causar o efeito esperado no poderoso dragão, pois mesmo sendo de difícil trato, até mesmo a mais obstinada criatura  pode ser dobrada perante a chance de perder todo o poder conquistado. E com o dragão não seria diferente. - Como posso acreditar no que falas se nem ao menos você me disse seu nome! questionou o dragão, com um ar de quem começava a acreditar no que lhe era contado   - Justo, meu senhor escamoso. Me chamo Danzer, e venho apenas lhe contar o que ouvi por minhas andanças. mentiu o feiticeiro   - E como um andarilho possui tal informação?   - O que lhe digo é sabido por todos, que o velho Krazer já não é o que foi, que vive cansado e dormindo, que a gordura tomou conta do que um dia foi músculo, seu tempo passou e um jovem deve tomar seu lugar. Todos dizem isso, as fêmeas caçoam e os jovens fantasiam com a esperança de um líder mais forte, ou quiçá, de serem os próximos lideres.    Um rugido surgiu do fundo de sua garganta, e uma chama escapou junto com o grito de fúria. O feiticeiro continuou falando suas mentiras e lorotas, continuou com suas enganações e crueldades, e a cólera deixava cada vez mais os olhos de Krazer rubros, como brasas incandescentes. E por horas o feiticeiro falou, e cada vez mais furioso o dragão ficou, e assim ficaram por 3 dias inteiros, com o feiticeiro tecendo seu feitiço de mentiras e com o velho dragão nutrindo cada vez mais um enorme ódio por seus semelhantes, Krazer não caçava e nem comia, e quando alguma fêmea se aproximava ele a enxotava, não queria ver ninguém, apenas tinha ouvidos a dar ao feiticeiro. Seu ódio chegou a um ponto em que o grande dragão em sua fúria resolveu mostrar quem realmente era o verdadeiro rei dragão, mostrar que ele era Krazer, a Morte Alada. Com uma rapidez impressionante, saltou de sua pilha de tesouros em direção a saída, e se e caminhou direto para fora, com suas garras abrindo valas enquanto raspavam pelo chão e com cauda alargando mais as paredes da caverna, enquanto se debatiam por todo o caminho até a saída. Uma vez do lado de fora, mais rugidos foram desferidos, junto com jatos de seu bafo infernal que queimou todas as arvores que haviam no pé da montanha. Em uma batida de asas ele já voava alto, e foi alcançando cada vez mais altura, ultrapassando o pico da montanha e logo as nuvens, para depois, com um mergulho, cair em direção ao vale. O Vale da Eclosão foi o primeiro a sentir a sua fúria, uma fúria de fogo e destruição, enormes jatos saiam de sua garganta enquanto a Morte Alada sobrevoava o vale, ovos foram destruídos no desespero das fêmeas, ninhadas foram perdidas e fêmeas destroçadas enquanto a loucura de Krazer ainda causava confusão e desentendimento.    Todo o barulho podia ser ouvido de longe, e outros dragões vieram ver o que acontecia. Entre eles estava Colwen, um jovem dragão de grande porte e cor avermelhado. "Este que quer roubar seu poder" Krazer ouviu em sua na perturbada cabeça, e avançou com força para cima do mais jovem. Sem tempo para poder pensar, Colwen se desvencilhou do ataque para poder tentar mostrar que vieram em auxilio. Ele não entendia a fúria louca que tinha tomado Krazer, e quando o ataque nele falhou, o mais velho não perdeu a oportunidade e atacou o dragão que vinha logo atras. Vendo o que Krazer estava fazendo, Colwen foi para cima dele.   - Então tudo que ouvi era verdade! Você realmente quer tomar meu poder! urrou o louco dragão negro   Antes mesmo que pudesse formar qualquer frase, Krazer cravou suas enormes presas no pescoço do jovem dragão vermelho, e sentiu o fervente sangue escorrendo por sua boca meio aberta e seu pescoço.   - Quem mais ousa desafiar o Rei Dragão? a pergunta foi proferida com um rugido ensurdecedor    A matança continuou por dias a fio. Krazer caçava todo e qualquer dragão em Mera e não dava ouvido a suplicas. Ele foi implacável. Toda uma raça extinta, a não ser pelo grande dragão negro, um rei sem seus discípulos. Após a matança Krazer passou dias sozinho em sua caverna com sua mente afundada em confusão, a voz do homem misterioso que tinha lhe falado dias anteriores já não era mais ouvida ele apenas sentia uma energia estranha vinda do vale. Indo até lá, o dragão pode ver gigantescas ossadas e troncos de arvores que ainda queimavam, o vale estava quente com a intensidade de um sol mas bem no meio ele podia ver uma figura toda vestida de negro, era mais alto que um homem normal, e uma veste cobria todo seu corpo, era possível ver apenas uma mão branca como osso segurando um cajado também de cor negra. Ele parecia estar agachado na frente de uma fogueira, com ossos e cascas de ovos ao seu redor, fumaça rodopiava acima de sua cabeça. Logicamente a figura ouvia a gigante criatura se aproximando, pisando e quebrando ossos e arvores queimadas, e quando chegou perto o suficiente ele virou. Krazer ainda não podia enxergar o rosto da figura por causa de seu capuz, mas mesmo assim sentiu uma força gigantesca vindo dele. - Quem é você e o que faz aqui? perguntou o dragão   - Não reconheces um humilde servo? perguntou com desdém o feiticeiro, seguido de uma gargalhada debochada   - O que fazes profanando solo sagrado? O que aconteceu aqui? confusão tomava a cabeça do grande dragão, que não lembrava o que tinha acontecido   - Não se lembra da matança que comandaste? o desdém na voz do feiticeiro era cortante   - Matança? O que esta dizendo?   - Falo disso! e com um estalar de dedos imagens apareceram na cabeça de Krazer, e ele viu com clareza o que sua memória não conseguia lembra dos últimos dias   As imagens vieram como um turbilhão, e invadiram a mente do velho dragão com uma força, como se ele tivesse batido em uma montanha em pleno voo. Não poderia ser verdade, Krazer estava perplexo com o que tinha feito, um ódio queimou ainda mais em seu sangue fervente, e no fundo de sua garganta começou a se formar uma torrente flamejante, porém quando ela foi soltada, não causou nenhum dano ao feiticeiro, que apenas riu alto e ruidosamente.   - Eu tenho poder sobre você, criatura. Você obedece o meu comando! disse o feiticeiro enquanto erguia um ovo quebrado ao meio, o qual havia uma poção dentro, o feiticeiro tinha tomado a poção, e depois de ter controlado o dragão por tanto tempo, tinham formado uma conexão, em que ele não poderia matar o feiticeiro e nem o feiticeiro poderia mata-lo, mas o feiticeiro o controlava.   - Tolice! rugiu Krazer no mesmos instante em que um brilho intenso subia de seu peito para sua garganta, e com mais um rugido a fera soltou uma longa e poderosa chama na direção do feiticeiro, a chama queimava tudo que tocava, transformando em cinzas os restos da chacina que tinha ocorrido no vale, porém quando ela cessou, Krazer percebeu que o feiticeiro estava intacto.  O feiticeiro continuava parado em sua frente, e com um movimento suave retirou o capuz que cobria sua cabeça. O dragão nunca tinha visto criatura parecida, ele não tinha nenhum fio de cabelo em sua cabeça, que era branca como osso, possuía orelhas pequenas e os olhos eram apenas fendas em sua fronte. A boca não passava de um rasgo, que quando fechada mais parecia uma cicatriz, e um nariz pequeno e achatado.   - Nada do que você fizer pode me afetar dragão, você não pode me matar, e nem o contrario, sua vida será estendida para a eternidade, e para todo o sempre você se curvará sob minha vontade! o feiticeiro gritava essas palavras cheias de veneno e poder, e o dragão, que um dia foi o mais poderoso ser de Mera, não passava agora de um fantoche.  - Não é possível. rugiu o dragão. Isso não é verdade, não existe ninguém com poder suficiente para fazer tal encantamento. - Você não sabe de nada, não sabe de onde vim, não sabe por onde caminhei, não sabe o que vi em minha vida, passei por todo tipo de provação para adquirir o conhecimento que tenho hoje. Você realmente acha que ia ser difícil de enganar tal criatura tão cheia de si, tão arrogante, não precisei nem me esforçar muito para ter o resultado esperado. as palavras do feiticeiro eram despejadas com ódio e desprezo, e grande energia emanava dele nesse momento. Chega, você é meu para usar como bem desejo, e esse vale é prova disso. O vale já não podia mais ser considerado um vale, pois toda e qualquer vegetação que tinha ali já não existia mais, jazia junto com cinzas, ossadas e ovos partidos, aquilo era um cemitério. Anos se passaram com Krazer sob o comando do feiticeiro, e nada do que era pedido podia ser negado. O dragão era um escravo da vontade de um louco,  ele era obrigado a fazer todo e qualquer tipo de serviço sujo, fora rebaixado a um simples serviçal, não tinha vontade própria, como um cão adestrado que faz todos os truques que seu mestre manda, e isso o afetou profundamente, como aquilo podia ser possível, ele era o mais poderoso de sua extinta espécie, uma das criaturas mais poderosas de Mera, ele era o senhor dos céus, a morte alada, o dono do fogo eterno, como um ser desses poderia ser subjugado por uma criaturinha tão frágil e mesquinha, que o usava para seus propósitos egoístas. Krazer estava decidido a reverter a situação, mas não encontrava uma solução, nunca tinha enfrentado um rival poderoso o bastante para acabar com sua vida e assim também com a de seu algoz.   Krazer beirava a loucura quando de súbito decidiu o que deveria ser feito, não adiantava viver na eterna tortura de servir tal mestre ao mesmo tempo indigno e de tão baixa confiança e honra, não havia em Mera um oponente a sua altura, a não ser ele mesmo. Krazer saiu de sua caverna determinado a fazer o possível e o impossível para conseguir sua liberdade. Bateu suas asas o mais forte que pode, e continuou batendo mesmo quando a montanha em que vivia não passava de um pequeno ponto abaixo de si mesmo, e continuou batendo ate conseguir sentir o calor do sol em suas escamas negras, mas o calor não faria mal nenhum a ele, apenas o daria mais força, e ele não precisava de mais força, pois não aguentava mais a destruição. Ele queria fraqueza. É estranho pensar que uma criatura como essa desejava tanta fraqueza, para ser derrotado pela mais fraca das criaturas, e essa era a única coisa que ele não possuía, ele estava cansado. Cansado de ser um joguete na mão do feiticeiro, cansado de só destruir, cansado da solidão que é ser o único de sua espécie, e cansado da eterna culpa de ter acabado com toda sua raça. Cansado era realmente a palavra que o descrevia no momento em que Krazer decidiu apenas parar. Ele parou com o movimento constante de suas asas, parou com a única coisa que ainda sentia algum prazer em fazer, e nesse momento ele foi caindo, e o feiticeiro sentiu que algo estava errado, algo acontecia, ele sentia o que estava por vir, mas nada mais podia ser feito, o dragão vinha em velocidade em direção ao chão, e o feiticeiro apenas podia olhar, pois no desespero nenhum de seus truques veio a sua cabeça, nenhuma palavra que pudesse imobilizar a criatura no ar, que o fizesse bater suas asas novamente, nada. E nessa hora, ele percebeu o erro de ter atado sua vida ao dragão, o erro de não ter pensado o que estava fazendo, o erro que já havia feito. O chão chegava cada vez mais perto, a velocidade dele era cada vez maior, e havia apenas uma coisa que passava pela cabeça de Krazer: paz.

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Flying dragons

Hoser, R. T. 2022. Twenty one new species and eleven new subspecies of Asian Flying Dragon Lizard (Squamata: Sauria: Agamidae: Draconinae: Draco). Australasian Journal of Herpetology ® Issue 60, published 16 August 2022 pages 1-64. https://www.smuggled.com/AJH-I60-Split.htm

ABSTRACT The iconic Agamid genus Draco Linnaeus, 1758, better known as the Flying Dragons have been well-known to herpetologists for centuries. More accurately described as gliding lizards, because of their habit of gliding from trees, these winged dragons are found from southern India in the west to eastern Indonesia in the east. Most of approximately 40 currently recognized species were formally named over 100 years ago (1900 or earlier), with just three species formally named from year 1999 onwards or just 9 between 1908 and 2022. This is in spite of there clearly being other obviously unnamed forms awaiting scientifi c recognition as valid species (see for example the results of studies by Inger 1983, Musters 1983, Lazell 1992, McGuire and Alcala 2000, or McGuire and Heang 2001). Rather than allowing these species to expire due to ongoing deforestation and other forms of pressure, combined with potential indifference from the scientifi c community, the general population declines being caused by the human population explosion in Asia, this paper formally names in accordance with the rules of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (Ride et al. 1999), 20 new species and 11 new subspecies. These include the following: 1/ Two taxa previously associated with Draco (Pterosaurus) dussumieri Duméril and Bibron, 1837 from south India. 2/ Six species from islands east of Java, Indonesia, associated with D. (Draco) volans Linnaeus, 1758. 3/ Twelve species and three subspecies in the D. (Draco) spilopterus Wiegmann, 1834 sensu lato complex from the Philippines. 4/ Two species and a new subspecies associated with Philippine endemic D. (Philippinedraco) bimaculatus. 5/ Four subspecies within the D. (Rhacodracon) fi mbriatus Kuhl, 1820 species complex, one from west Sumatra and three from Borneo. 6/ Two subspecies in the D. (Somniadraco) blanfordii Boulenger, 1885 complex from west Myanmar (Burma) and east Myanmar including nearby north-west Thailand. Keywords: Taxonomy; nomenclature; skinks; Asia; India; Indonesia; Philippines; Myanmar; Thailand; Draco; Pterosaurus; Somniadraco; dussumieri; spilopterus; volans; timoriensis; blanfordii; fi mbriatus; boschmai; novillii; ornatus; quadrasi; cyanopterus; guentheri; bimaculatus; lineatus; new species; labatur; baliensis; lombokensis; evadendi; latebras; viridicapite; sumbaensis; hoserae; wellsi; wellingtoni; hawkeswoodi; woolfi; spadix; romblonensis; magnaauris; oculiscaeruleis; virens; viridfacium; bruneialvum; toscanoi; graysoni; new subspecies; occultation; polilloensis; boholensis; exquisita; brunneis; dilatatadorsisquamae; asperacaput; longacrista; coriafacile; cuspisfemen; incredibilis.

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New species named after reptile experts Ross Wellington and Richard Wells

Twenty one new species and eleven new subspecies of Asian Flying Dragon Lizard (Squamata: Sauria: Agamidae: Draconinae: Draco). Australasian Journal of Herpetology 60:1-64. Published 17 August 2022.

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DRACO (DRACO) WELLINGTONI SP. NOV. LSIDurn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:A281FAB4-1AA6-4F78- 9FC8-B97C818E0263 Holotype: A preserved specimen at the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA, herpetology collection, specimen number CAS SUR 26333 collected from Po-o Barrio, Municipality of Lazi, Siquijor Province, Siquijor Island, The Philippines, Latitude 9.165833 N., Longitude 123.607777 E. This facility allows access to its holdings. Paratypes: 1/ Three preserved specimens at the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA, herpetology collection, specimen numbers CAS SUR 26334, 26335 and 26336 all collected from Po-o Barrio, Municipality of Lazi, Siquijor Province, Siquijor Island, Philippines, Latitude 9.165833 N., Longitude 123.607777 E., 2/ Thirty preserved specimens at the Texas Natural History Collections, The University of Texas at Austin, Texas, USA, specimen numbers 58468-70, 58513-15, 58516-38, 58854 all collected from Siquijor Island, The Philippines.

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Etymology: D. wellingtoni sp. nov. is named in honour of Cliff Ross Wellington of Ramornie, NSW, Australia in recognition of his many services to herpetology in Australia, spanning many decades including his strong stance against taxonomic vandalism and its negative impacts on wildlife conservation, both globally and locally within Australia. He has also written numerous recovery plans for governments for numerous threatened or endangered species. DRACO (DRACO) WELLSI SP. NOV. LSIDurn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:2E5977E8-55CA-4A6AAF5D- 6C0FF4FE8F67 Holotype: A preserved specimen at the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA, herpetology collection, specimen number CAS SUR 17968 collected from 1-1.5 km west of Valencia, on the north side of the Maite River, at an elevation of about 800-900 feet in the Negros Oriental Province, Negros Island, Philippines. This facility allows access to its holdings. Paratypes: 1/ Nine preserved specimens at the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California, USA, Herpetology Collection, specimen numbers 17962, 17963, 17967, 17969, 17970, 17971, 92865, 92868, 92873 all collected from Negros Island, Philippines. 2/ 27 preserved specimens at the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC, USA, specimen numbers USNM 78158, 209380, 209381, 228314, 228315, 228316, 228317, 229588, 305936-54 all collected from Negros Island, Philippines. .... ..... Etymology: D. wellsi sp. nov. is named in honour of Richard Wells of Drake, NSW, Australia in recognition of his many services to herpetology in Australia, spanning many decades including as a past president of the Australian Herpetological Society, based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.Hard copies at http://www.herp.net

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Agamidae

Agamidae

Agamidae is a family of over 300 species of iguanian lizards indigenous to Africa, Asia, Australia, and a few in Southern Europe. Many species are commonly called dragons or dragon lizards. Overview Phylogenetically, they may be sister to the Iguanidae, and have a similar appearance. Agamids usually have well-developed, strong legs. Their tails cannot be shed and regenerated like those of geckos, though a certain amount of regeneration is observed in some. Many agamid species are capable of limited change of their colours to regulate their body temperature. In some species, males are more brightly coloured than females, and colours play a part in signaling and reproductive behaviours. Although agamids generally inhabit warm environments, ranging from hot deserts to tropical rainforests, at least one species, the mountain dragon, is found in cooler regions. This group of lizards includes some more popularly known, such as the domesticated bearded dragon, Chinese water dragon and Uromastyx species. One of the key distinguishing features of the agamids is their teeth, which are borne on the outer rim of their mouths (acrodonts), rather than on the inner side of their jaws (pleurodonts). This feature is shared with the chameleons, but is otherwise unusual among lizards. Agamid lizards are generally diurnal, with good vision, and include a number of arboreal species, in addition to ground- and rock-dwellers. They generally feed on insects and other arthropods (such as spiders), although some larger species may include small reptiles or mammals, nestling birds, flowers or other vegetable matter in their diets. The great majority of agamid species are oviparous. Systematics and distribution

Ground agama (Agama aculeata) in Tanzania

Fan-throated lizard Sitana ponticeriana from the Agaminae Very few studies of the Agamidae have been conducted. The first comprehensive assessment was by Moody (1980) followed by a more inclusive assessment by Frost and Etheridge (1989). Subsequent studies were based on mitochondrial DNA loci by Macey et al. (2000) and Honda et al. (2000) and also by sampling across the Agamidae by Joger (1991). Few other studies focused on clades within the family, and the Agamidae have not been as well investigated as the Iguanidae. The agamids show a curious distribution. They are found over much of the Old World, including continental Africa, Australia, southern Asia, and sparsely in warmer regions of Europe. They are, however, absent from Madagascar and the New World. The distribution is the opposite of that of the iguanids, which are found in just these areas but absent in areas where agamids are found. A similar faunal divide is found in between the boas and pythons.[citation needed] Among the Agamidae, six subfamilies are generally recognized:[verification needed] Agaminae (Africa, South Asia and Australia) Amphibolurinae (Australia and New Guinea, 1 species in Southeast Asia) Draconinae (South and Southeast Asia) Hydrosaurinae (Hydrosaurus, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, and Indonesia) Leiolepidinae (Leiolepis, Southeast Asia) Uromasticinae (Saara and Uromastyx, Africa and south Asia) The chameleons of the sister family Chamaeleonidae are sometimes discussed as subfamily Chamaeleoninae and subfamily Agaminae (referring to Agamidae, not the Agaminae mentioned above).[citation needed] source - Wikipedia Dear friends, if you liked our post, please do not forget to share and comment like this. If you want to share your information with us, please send us your post with your name and photo at RBbox.in@gmail.com. We will publish your post with your name and photo. thanks for joining us www.rbbox.in

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Mrs Snake Man gets honoured with a new species of Draco Flying Dragon Lizard

Hoser, R. T. 2022. Twenty one new species and eleven new subspecies of Asian Flying Dragon Lizard (Squamata: Sauria: Agamidae: Draconinae: Draco). Australasian Journal of Herpetology 60:1-64. Published 17 August 2022. and Snake man's mum gets an honour! DRACO (DRACO) HOSERAE SP. NOV. LSIDurn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:14EB8C31-04F6-4D31- AB70-FFB6B210B2A3 Holotype: A preserved adult female specimen at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, USA, specimen number USNM 318329, collected from Naga City, 4 km north and 18 km east of Mount Isarong, Camarines Sur Province, Luzon Island, The Philippines at 475 m elevation. This facility allows access to its holdings. Paratypes: 12 preserved specimens at the Texas Natural History Collections at the University of Texas at Austin, Texas, USA, specimen numbers TNHC 55097, 55100, 55102, 55103, 55104, 55105, 55106, 57754, 57755, 57756, 62791, 62792, all collected in Sorsogon Province, Luzon Island, The Philippines. Diagnosis: Until now, the Philippines endemic species Draco (Draco) hoserae sp. nov. from the southern parts of Luzon Island, south and east of the fl at areas around Gumaoa, D. (Draco) wellsi sp. nov. from Negros and Panay Islands, D. (Draco) wellingtoni sp. nov. from Siquijor Island, D. (Draco) hawkeswoodi sp. nov. from Cebu Island and D. (Draco) woolfi sp. nov. from Tablas Island have all been treated as populations of putative D. (Draco) spilopterus (Wiegmann, 1834), herein confi ned to Luzon Island north and west of the fl at areas around Gumaoa, although a number of earlier authors have suggested that one or more of the preceding named species were in fact separate species. The six morphologically similar species can be separated from one another as follows: ....Etymology: Draco (Draco) hoserae sp. nov. is named in honour of my mother, Katrina Joan Hoser of Lane Cove, NSW, Australia in recognition of her services to herpetology over many decades.

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Snake man names another 21 new species of Lizard. All are flying dragons from south-east Asia, from India, through the Philippines and into the Lesser Sundas. Full text and hard copies are at http://www.herp.net The big one dropped today!Hoser, R. T. 2022. Twenty one new species and eleven new subspecies of Asian Flying Dragon Lizard (Squamata: Sauria: Agamidae: Draconinae: Draco). LSIDURN:LSID:ZOOBANK.ORG:PUB:5179AD95-2C86-4F45-8F7C-77B18A2DCE22Australasian Journal of Herpetology ® Issue 60, published 16 August 2022 List of new taxa formally named. All major papers are downloadable below the list. New Species (All are Flying Dragons)Draco baliensis Hoser, 2022. Draco bruneialvum Hoser, 2022. Draco evadendi Hoser, 2022. Draco graysoni Hoser, 2022. Draco hawkeswoodi Hoser, 2022. Draco hoserae Hoser, 2022. Draco labatur Hoser, 2022. Draco latebras Hoser, 2022. Draco lombokensis Hoser, 2022. Draco magnaauris Hoser, 2022. Draco oculiscaeruleis Hoser, 2022. Draco romblonensis Hoser, 2022. Draco spadix Hoser, 2022. Draco sumbaensis Hoser, 2022. Draco toscanoi Hoser, 2022. Draco virens Hoser, 2022. Draco viridfacium Hoser, 2022. Draco viridicapite Hoser, 2022. Draco wellingtoni Hoser, 2022. Draco wellsi Hoser, 2022. Draco woolfi Hoser, 2022.New SubspeciesDraco punctatus asperacaput Hoser, 2022. Draco ornatus boholensis Hoser, 2022. Draco bimaculatus brunneis Hoser, 2022. Draco punctatus coriafacile Hoser, 2022. Draco norvillii cuspisfemen Hoser, 2022. Draco fimbriatus dilatatadorsisquamae Hoser, 2022. Draco cyanopterus exquisita Hoser, 2022. Draco taeniopterus incredibilis Hoser, 2022. Draco punctatus longacrista Hoser, 2022. Draco dussumieri occultatio Hoser, 2022. Draco spilopterus polilloensis Hoser, 2022.Hard copies at: http://www.herp.net