Flying lizards - not seen these before

[simon43]

My 'mansion' is built amongst the rubber trees in Phuket. It is full of wildlife - geckos, lizards, skinks etc.

This afternoon, I was relaxing in my garden and looking up at the rubber trees. Suddenly a lizard 'flew' in from another nearby tree, landed on the tree trunk about 5 metres up, and then ran further up the tree. This lizard was soon followed by another flying lizard, about 6 inches in length.

I haven't seen this type of lizard before, (because I've never sat and watched the rubber trees).

Any ideas exactly what type of lizard it might be? (It didn't seem to be like the 'long-tailed' lizards ('ging lain'). One of my staff says it is called a 'ging gar bin' (bin as in 'fly')

[krisb]

More of a jump than a fly right?

[simon43]

I've googled and it is a spotted gliding lizard, apparently not so common now