The common gliding lizard

 From a distance it looked like any ordinary house lizard.  I thought I just get a shot of it since it was found crawling up a tree at the Botanic Island Two.  After transferring the picture into the computer I saw something interesting.  Zooming in at the image I was taken aback.  It was in fact a gliding lizard (Draco sumatranus) which I have seen in many occasions  gliding from one branch to another tree or branch at the park.  On closer viewing I found another interesting feature.  The camera caught the lizard's 'gular fold' which is a triangular flap or skin under the chin.  This special feature is used to communicate with other lizards, mostly for mating purposes.

Common gliding lizard showing its yellow  'gular fold' and the sides of the body with  the skin flaps (partly seen) .  The flaps when open will allow it to glide between tree trunks.

A gliding lizard

 You just have to be there at the correct time and camera-ready too.  This is what I experienced today when out of the blues a flying object I saw gliding  from the Mango tree to the Cempedak tree was in fact a gliding lizard.  I was not able to get a closer glimpse of it but was pleased  to see it 'flew' and landed on the trunk of the Cempedak tree.  Here's more shots of the incredible lizard...

Common Gliding Lizard or Common Flying Lizard
Draco volans

Saved by the click

Green lizard and green leaf grasshopper (bottom right), Location: Zone C, near stream

Leaf grasshopper

 The green leaf grasshopper was about to be pounced by the green lizard if not for the shutter sound of the camera.  But the lizard was not in a hurry to run away  despite having lost focus of the target.  That gave me lots of opportunity to photoshoot it.