Draco quinquefasciatus Hardwicke & Gray, 1827

Figueroa, Alex, Low, Martyn E. Y. & Lim, Kelvin K. P., 2023, Singapore’s herpetofauna: updated and annotated checklist, history, conservation, and distribution, Zootaxa 5287 (1), pp. 1-378 : 94

Draco quinquefasciatus Hardwicke & Gray, 1827 — Native.

Draco 5 fasciata Hardwicke & Gray, 1827: 219 . Holotype: BMNH 1946.8 .27.4 (formerly BM 23.6 a), by original designation. Type locality: “ India ” (in error); later restricted to “nachträglich festgelegt in Penang ”, Peninsular Malaysia by Hennig (1936: 193).

Five-banded Flying Dragon

( Figure 11B ; Lower Peirce Forest)

Singapore records.

Draco quinquefasciatus —J.L. Grismer et al., 2002: 65 (Bukit Timah Nature Reserve).—N. Baker & K.P. Lim, 2008: 54, 158.—K.K.P. Lim et al., 2008: 169.— Manthey, 2008: 49.—L.L. Grismer, 2011b: 203, 207.—P.K.L. Ng et al., 2011: 316.—N. Baker & K.P. Lim, 2012: 76, 159.—Chan-ard et al., 2015: 83.—Serin, 2015b: 29 (Bukit Timah Nature Reserve; Mandai Track 15).—Sankar & M.F.C. Ng, 2016a: 71 (Venus Loop [WNP]).— Khew & Yokohari, 2017: 12.—W. Wong, 2017: 51.—R.C.H. Teo & Thomas, 2019: 147, 156, 180 (Bukit Timah Nature Reserve).— Janssen & Sy, 2022: 27, 149.

Remarks. First discovered on 13 March 2001 at BTNR ( Grismer et al. 2002), D. quinquefasciatus was considered rare ( Baker & Lim 2012). This record appears to have been overlooked by Teo & Thomas (2019) as they stated D. quinquefasciatus was previously unrecorded from BTNR. Two photographs of D. quinquefasciatus shown in Baker & Lim (2012) indicate that it was sighted presumably after Grismer et al. (2002). Baker & Lim (2012) also mentioned that D. quinquefasciatus occurs in CNR, implying the photos were taken somewhere within CCNR (Subaraj 2015). Three subsequent observations of an individual at Mandai Track 15 on 24 February 2015 (Subaraj 2015), one at WNP on 3 April 2016 (Sankar & Ng 2016a), and one photographed at LPF on 19 February 2017 ( Fig. 11B ) (J.G.H. Seah pers. comm.) display that D. quinquefasciatus is distributed throughout CNR and its surrounding nature parks.

Occurrence. Restricted to CNR and surrounding Nature Parks and forests. Uncommon.

Singapore conservation status. Endangered.

Conservation priority. Highest.

IUCN conservation status. Least Concern [2021].

LKCNHM & NHMUK Museum specimens. No specimens.

Additional Singapore museum specimens. No specimens.

Singapore localities. Bukit Timah Nature Reserve—Lower Peirce Forest—Mandai Track 15—Windsor Nature Park.

Figures

FIGURE 11. A) Draco melanopogon, B) Draco quinquefasciatus, C) Draco sumatranus, D) Anolis sagrei, E) Aeluroscalabotes felinus, F) Aeluroscalabotes felinus, G) Cnemaspis peninsularis, and H) Cyrtodactylus consobrinus. Photographs by: Jensen G.H. Seah [A–B], Kelvin K.P. Lim [C, E], Thio Hui Bing [D], Mary-Ruth Low [F], and Alex Figueroa [G–H].