Draco maximus
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In 3 days ~50% in a week ~80%
Draco maximus, the great flying dragon or giant gliding lizard, is a species of agamid lizard. It is found in Indonesia, Thailand, and Malaysia. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kinabalu Park | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
More parks will be added in future updates.
Possible
About 20% of wildlife watchers report a Great Flying Dragon sighting in Kinabalu Park on a given day, based on 20 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 26th most-seen of the 69 reptiles we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 50%, and over a week to about 80%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Great Flying Dragon in Kinabalu Park on a given day, against under 5% in August–September and December, the lowest months.
Between 1 and 4 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Great Flying Dragon sightings with a recorded time, and about 7 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is most active around dawn and dusk.
Only Kinabalu Park, in our data
Kinabalu Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Great Flying Dragon sightings: about 20% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Agamidae
The closest relatives of the Great Flying Dragon that you can see in Kinabalu Park (family Agamidae, Dragons) are Borneo Forest Dragon (about 50%), Green Crested Lizard (about 40%) and Malayan Crested Lizard (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Great Flying Dragon is recorded against all the reptiles logged in Kinabalu Park (20 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
