Ok, so it might not be an actual dragon as it doesn’t blow fire, but it’s a lizard… with wings… which is pretty damn close.
Hide your treasure and lock up your princesses! Wait a second, what are we scared of, it’s like two inches long. Oh wait, they have parents don’t they?
February 18, 2010 15:53pm
Wowwww great pic!!! It seems to be photoshoped
February 18, 2010 16:10pm
OMG! that is so AWESOME!! i want one! oh and WHOOT first comment! hehe
February 19, 2010 2:55am
Not photoshopped. I’ve seen those on Jeff Corwin’s shows on Animal Planet, they are very real lol.
February 22, 2010 16:08pm
It’s not photoshopped, malakh. And the wings are meant for gliding, not flying. So, no, this is nothing like a dragon.
February 27, 2010 14:59pm
What is gliding but a small form of flying?
February 27, 2010 16:39pm
what is with the photoshop thing? why is that the first comment on every board? who cares?
February 27, 2010 16:54pm
impresionante este animal, quiza sea una pequeña prueba de la existencia de aquellos monstruos de la antiguedad…
February 27, 2010 19:04pm
“Found”? As if it’s news? People have known about these gliding lizards for a couple hundred years.
February 27, 2010 22:38pm
totally photoshopped, i can tell by the pixels around the left wing
February 27, 2010 23:58pm
what a crappy post, you could have taken a little effort and looked up the name of the lizard, maybe shared some info about it…
“Draco volans, or the Flying Dragon, is a member of the genus of gliding lizards Draco. It can spread out folds of skin attached to its movable ribs to form “wings” that it uses to glide from tree to tree over distances upwards of 8 meters (25 feet); however, like all modern reptiles, it lacks the ability to sustain powered flight, and is capable only of gliding. Its wings are brightly colored with orange, red and blue spots and stripes, and they provide camouflage when folded. The flying dragon can reach lengths as long as 19 – 23 cm. It feeds on arboreal ants and termites.”
…(that took literally 15 seconds to look up copy and paste from wiki) but no, you write about hiding treasure and princesses from dragon!? princesses aside, wtf would a dragon need treasure for anyway? what does that have to do with this picture?
“Wait a second, what are we scared of, it’s like two inches long.” That’s what she said, and you should get used to hearing it because they will keep saying it to u for the rest of your poor pathetic existence.
February 28, 2010 0:04am
oh and the photoshop thing is a joke… welcome to the internet, look around but beware, there is some sick stuff in here. so you don’t have to comment about photoshop comments unless you are mocking the trend of comenters who don’t understand the joke, cuz that could be a fun new meme.
February 28, 2010 1:15am
photoshop trolls. it is real
February 28, 2010 1:20am
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Agamidae
Subfamily: Agaminae
Genus: Draco Linnaeus, 1758
A.K.A. Draco Lizard.
And personally I like to think its a dragon. I was even named after them.
February 28, 2010 3:35am
Fuck you malakh. You are an internet douchebag.
February 28, 2010 9:53am
Wow… to most other people who’ve commented, cut the guy some slack, it’s not like he’s showing off about discovering a new breed of lizard, he’s just having a little fun. You don’t have to be so critical about it, I mean, I bet only 14th of you actually know what this thing is, at least show some respect for the fct that this guy introduced this awsome little creature to you.
February 28, 2010 9:55am
And to “the mrs.”, here’s something you probably get a lot, how old are you? Are you really that pathetic that you cannot even say something positive, let alone something about the post…
February 28, 2010 12:16pm
How Stupid. That’s not a dragon, it’s a dragon whelp.
February 28, 2010 14:32pm
just look around you the only thing that the people who say “that’s photoshopped you can tell by the pixels’ want is a debate about it. And thats what you all just gave them good job.
February 28, 2010 14:40pm
realize it’s just going to evolve into a bird anyways. Just like the majority reptilian creatures that survived the first ice age.
February 28, 2010 15:20pm
you people are ridiculous…that thing is awesome!
February 28, 2010 21:06pm
go ashleigh! who cares if it a dragon or not, it has wings which means that it is awesome
February 28, 2010 23:38pm
du hast mich i think you need to calm down a little haha its just a post. this lizard wasn’t photoshopped, they do exist. whoever says they can see the pixels either has not so great eyesight or they’re looking too hard a picture that doesn’t have the best quality. btw this is a really cool lizard. thanks for posting.
March 1, 2010 0:07am
that thing is super cute, and wings? wings back in the dinosaur days were used for gliding, as was stated previously. and what evolved from winged dinosaurs? Birds! and what can birds do? Fly! We may have a pre-evolutionary dragon!
March 1, 2010 1:10am
du hast mich –
you are an idiot!
“wtf would a dragon need treasure for anyway? what does that have to do with this picture?”
Um, take like 6 hours off your ass on the internet and read a classic – The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien.
What a dumbass! seriously.
March 2, 2010 19:18pm
I didn’t see any princess in the friggin’ picture! I eat dragons bigger than that for breakfast! In fact I got a picture of it, and it ain’t photoshopped!
Seriously – you guys crack me up!
March 2, 2010 21:31pm
What the heck!! You guys think that you know everything!! “I tell by the pixels in the left wing!” DUR!!! Some people don’t have 3,000 dollar professional cameras, you know. O, and btw, thats REAL!!!! I have seen them with my own eyes! And on animal planet!! DUR!!
P.S. Its sooo cute!! I would love it!!! (the wings make it even more awesome!!!)
March 3, 2010 0:22am
indonesias got the craziest shit when it comes to animals
March 3, 2010 2:18am
now that’s awesome, wow, incredible even
March 3, 2010 14:20pm
Cristian you win my love forever
and
du hast mich it is well known dragons love treasure and princesses, look it up. it only takes like 15 seconds.
March 4, 2010 9:21am
Actualy it is prety cool animal. And is more strange then you would think. With birds the front legs evolved into wings, same for bats. But with this animal the wings are seperate of the front legs
March 4, 2010 10:11am
Boa, das ist der Wahnsinn, ich kanns immer noch ncih glauben dass es wirklich Dinosaurier auf der Welt gab, und dann gibt uns die NAtur auch noch ein so schönes Beweißmittel,
March 4, 2010 12:02pm
yup.. it is cool .. i want one as my pet.. lol
March 4, 2010 16:59pm
I hate those people, where the first thing that comes out of their mouth, through their keyboard is, ITS PHOTOSHOPed, get a life!
Great discovery!
March 4, 2010 18:42pm
it’s a norwegian ridgeback!
March 4, 2010 19:13pm
is it real ? or photoshop?
March 5, 2010 2:12am
Pretty neat! Can you imagine how many other species we have yet to uncover?
March 5, 2010 4:01am
In Indonesia, it called ‘Kadal Terbang’
Nice post!
March 5, 2010 8:44am
it’s not a dragon like but a flying lizard, i’ve seen this lizard at my village , belinyu, bangka island , indonesia, south east asia
March 5, 2010 17:36pm
Cool dragon, dude.
March 5, 2010 18:48pm
It certainly suggests that Dragon’s in the mythical sense could be some variation or ancestor of the specimen in question. Dragon mythology is present in far to many cultures world wide to strike up to mere coincidence. I wouldn’t be surprised to find that Dragons(large winged reptilian lizards) co-existed with Homo Sapiens somewhere in our not too distant biological past. As for fire breathing, the Komodo Dragon has highly toxic saliva. It would not be a hard stretch to imagine a powerfully acidic saliva that could be spat a distance causing 3rd degree burns on a victim.
March 6, 2010 9:03am
There’s a fabulous website http://www.ecologyasia.com with more of these & other fabulous lizards. Take a look.
March 6, 2010 16:18pm
I had always believed that the dragons have been shrunk. Awesome
March 6, 2010 17:02pm
“Ok, so it might not be an actual dragon as it doesn’t blow fire…”
ok, how do you know that for sure? Just because no one have seen it blow fire thus not mean it cant
It could be a shy little dragon 
March 6, 2010 19:56pm
that thing is awesome! it’s real, yes but obviously this post reminds (not consciously, though) us that something like that exist and I think it’s pretty cool.
March 7, 2010 12:26pm
that’s just a flying lizard no big deal but still pretty awesome!
March 7, 2010 18:15pm
Providing the guy didn’t hurt the lizard by stretching its wings involuntarily I think it’s a beautiful picture, a beautiful creature and yes, I too am sick of the photoshop comments. I do understand the level of cynicism though as we are bombarded with so much junk, HOWEVER it’s nice to see the myriad of reactions to something real. Nice “feel good” pic.
I also would like to think it’s a dragon!
March 7, 2010 19:46pm
Yeah they are real i remember sitting under some coconut palms on the island of Sulawesi watching them gliding from palm to palm, i was there as part of an ecological research team and i worked some with the herpetology team who were studying these along with the other reptiles of the area and i have seen them close up also, and they do have these brightly colored wings, very beautiful animals
March 7, 2010 20:23pm
That’s not a dragon!!! That’s that little guy Tattoo from Fantasy Island!
March 8, 2010 8:19am
Dude,
are you sure that was awesome?
i found many of them in my backyard, yes i am indonesian,
March 8, 2010 11:00am
That’s not a damn dragon! That’s one of those weird looking lizards they show on Planet Earth on the Animal Planet channel!
March 8, 2010 21:58pm
For all those haters of this awesome DRAGON, just wait til it’s momma comes to find you. haha
March 8, 2010 22:54pm
Dude! Totally awesome.
And someone else with the same spelling as me! woot! 
March 9, 2010 14:47pm
THANK YOU, du hast mich. I was annoyed with the lack of information as well.
March 10, 2010 2:36am
Yes that is pretty cool. A little itty, bitty, tiny dragon. Very cool picture.
March 11, 2010 13:50pm
goose frabba du hast mich… gooooooose frabbba :0)
March 13, 2010 13:30pm
…what is that sticking into it’s left wing?
March 14, 2010 16:42pm
Why are you people so annoyed with the lack of information? Naming someone pathetic just because he doesn’t want to look up the scientific name of every fucking relative of this dragon? Maybe it’s a frog that looks like a dragon
March 15, 2010 14:30pm
Bizarre!!!!
March 15, 2010 14:43pm
unbelievable so much fuss over a dragon!!!!
March 15, 2010 21:33pm
I’d eat it.
March 17, 2010 9:19am
i have this animal..haahah
March 19, 2010 20:53pm
Wow! That is so mint! A teeny tiny dragon. Too bad they couldn’t find like a teeny tiny princess with teen-eintsy cleavage and eentsy-weentsy golden locks flowing down to her hot little tiny thumbelina waist, maybe with some hot princess nano-jewelry in her pierced navel which would only be like the size of the period at the end of this sentence. Then there could be a micro-condensed sized knight in, like, armor and all and he could be like wielding a Schick razor to slice and dice that bitchin’ little dragon into salad snacks.
March 21, 2010 0:02am
du hast mich, stfu u cock, appreciate the post, like u said, it took hardly anytime for u 2 look it up so quit bitching like a little girl who just had her barbie doll stolen
March 24, 2010 9:21am
Did you know that there are snakes that can do the same thing? And for those that want to build a dragon geneticlly(please feel free to correct me or provide additional information): Spitting cobras can hit a target upto 10 ft away, there is a beetle in the Amazon that can produce a boiling fluid that will ignite with the proper conditions, and crocodiles have a second set of lungs that allow them to stay underwater longer. Lets play god and mix and match these to build a dragon! Muhahahahaha! lol, jk.
March 28, 2010 17:16pm
Dragons don’t breathe just fire. Only red dragons breathe fire.
March 28, 2010 19:47pm
thats awesome check it on youtube – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caUzdy6QqqE
March 29, 2010 3:09am
Not photoshoped for those of you who think it is, although those aren’t wings of any kind, it is a real lizard, those flaps of skin that are being portrayed as wings as a self defense strategy, making it look bigger.
April 1, 2010 3:32am
cool pic, is just part of evolution, and for the ones that are making so many stupid comments…. grow up!!
April 14, 2010 14:52pm
@christian you sir get a ham sandwhich
April 16, 2010 5:09am
I’ve seen these on my travels, it’s not hard to see where a lot of the dragon myths come from when we come across these types of animals and many more of ancient times.
April 22, 2010 12:11pm
where can you buy one?
April 23, 2010 19:11pm
i want one
April 24, 2010 17:13pm
wow nanobrain…. is this some weird fantasy of yours or something??
April 25, 2010 16:46pm
DON’T WORRY GUYS I KNOW HOW TO TRAIN A DRAGON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
April 25, 2010 22:41pm
ive seen like maybe 3 legit comments that actually add to the conversation i hate internet
May 19, 2010 16:41pm
You guys are so rude. This is cool and interesting, who cares if you already knew about it, enjoy the fact that someone else is now learning about it as well.
May 29, 2010 14:05pm
i want on- dragon thing or not its cute
May 30, 2010 17:19pm
definitely shopped
May 31, 2010 1:54am
I’m in love with the fact that things of fairy tales can have some truth to them.
June 3, 2010 13:47pm
Alright kids, before you claim “Photoshopped” …DO YOU THINK YOU COULD SPEND THE 5 F-CKIN’ MINUTES ON WIKIPEDIA TO SEE IF THEY’RE REAL?
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=flying+lizard
Morons…
June 3, 2010 13:48pm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draco_(genus)
June 8, 2010 0:03am
Photoshopped or not, it still looks pretty cool and brought some very creative stories to mind!
June 22, 2010 10:46am
I can not believe the amount of comments that this one picture has received so many comments….?
July 3, 2010 13:00pm
I think that this is the cutest thing ever, and that some of you people need to get lives. I personally dont think it is photoshopped, so stop being rude. I also think that if people want to learn more info on it LOOK IT UP YOURSELF! jeez, it was not this guys job to post info at least he posted the pic! Oh and you dont have to use swear words all the time. I think it is sooo adorable and thank you for posting it!!!! haha and SAM you just made my life <3
July 7, 2010 16:02pm
Fcuk you guys I want one!
July 8, 2010 18:32pm
I think it’s cute and I totally want one! I’ve always loved lizards!
September 2, 2010 22:50pm
Baby dragon hey… it may very well be capable of blowing fire when it grows up
September 6, 2010 13:22pm
Hello, dragon enthusiasts! As it is a fact that I, myself, am a dragon, I would like to take this opportunity to dispel a few of the myths surrounding my species’ existence…
•To begin with, we fucking LOVE treasure! My cave is full of the stuff! Just like those of your species who hoard miscellanies items, we dragons are notorious for stockpiling treasure.
•We breath fire… it’s an awesome fact.
•Yes. We kidnap princesses, but not for the reasons you may believe. In actuality, princesses are, typically, wonderful conversationalists who understand the debilitating effects of living a life of seclusion.
I’ll leave you with this thought… Most photos of dragons are not “photoshopped” images of lizards; however, there are several inaccurate depictions of dragons propagandized by popular media outlets. Not only are these misconceptions hurtful, but also serve to function as a “social sedative.” For those of you who are not familiar with the term “social sedative, I refer you to the work of Thomas Szasz.
Thank you for this forum to present my ideas!
Cordially,
Eragon
September 11, 2010 22:36pm
What does this give me when I kill it? Like 2 exp?
September 13, 2010 5:48am
Very cool, and as much as some people might like to wish that dragons were real, would we really want a flying monster threatening our lives… It’s a good thing it’s so small.
October 20, 2010 11:40am
Actually, this is a baby dragon. After one year of life, a dragon tamer like myself can train it, and after it passes some quests. It may serve one faithfully as a guardian animal. I have one named Orion, and he is about 11 ft tall with a wingspan of about 18 ft. I only take him for flights at night so that it doesn’t scare people, but he is harmless. He is well known in my town in Peru, where I moved for him to be able to grow with lots of space to play and little media attention.
Truth is stranger than fiction sometimes. Which is why most will doubt.
November 23, 2010 7:19am
Stumbled upon this picture again, and still think this little guy is awesome!
November 23, 2010 10:10am
that thing is awesome! it’s real, yes but obviously this post reminds (not consciously, though) us that something like that exist and I think it’s pretty cool.
November 23, 2010 10:11am
Wow! That is so mint! A teeny tiny dragon. Too bad they couldn’t find like a teeny tiny princess with teen-eintsy cleavage and eentsy-weentsy golden locks flowing down to her hot little tiny thumbelina waist, maybe with some hot princess nano-jewelry in her pierced navel which would only be like the size of the period at the end of this sentence. Then there could be a micro-condensed sized knight in, like, armor and all and he could be like wielding a Schick razor to slice and dice that bitchin’ little dragon into salad snacks.
November 30, 2010 23:37pm
i have a dragon in my garage hehe
December 23, 2010 12:03pm
@Nathan: Actually, my good fellow, it depends entirely upon the type and species of the dragon you are comparing it to. Keep in mind that some dragons don’t have wings at all. Additionally, not all Western dragons breathe fire. Some spit/exhale clouds of acid or poison, some emit an electrostatic charge, some simply breathe air. In shape, this lizard is very similar to a Western dragon (Draconis Occidentalis), the one common in European lore. It is a winged reptile. Therefore, it fits the only definite criteria for a Western dragon.
December 23, 2010 14:16pm
This is tooo cool! I checked the youtube video as well. I soooo want one! I see newly discovered animals daily and i’m totally amazed! Thanks for sharing because i never knew of this animal until now.
May 2, 2011 19:10pm
That sucks. If you’re going to make fun of dragons do it somewhere else
December 7, 2011 11:21am
FUS RO DAH!
January 24, 2012 17:57pm
Alduin has returned.
January 28, 2012 20:09pm
I’ve been needing to get a new dragon. The end of life on one of these guys is a lot like a bee. They fly around and shred the shit out of their wings, and it takes more and more calories to get around. After a certain point, they literally starve to death.
It’s the natural end of the dragon’s life, and mine’s getting close. He can only carry about a ten ton payload, now.
I always wanted to start with a baby.
February 1, 2012 0:58am
look they “found” a real life unicorn
http://savethenarwhals.org/files/2011/04/narwhal2.jpg
February 5, 2012 17:50pm
This little dragon has beautiful colorful wings.
Ancient dragon might be a big version of this lizard.
February 7, 2012 14:49pm
so fake dragons are real and that is not one of them