Temperate Rain Forest Biome Essay

The biome I have chosen is the temperate rain forest. These types of forest are homes to a few and very amazing species . The temperate rain forest are mainly made of conifer trees. They also receive high rainfall every year. The average amount of rainfall it gets is 140 centimeters, or 55 inches a year. That is a total amount of 4.58333… feet in year-round rainfall.

The temperate rain forest’s average temperature ranges from 4 to 12 degrees celsius(39 to 54 degrees fahrenheit). The temperate rain forest is somewhat the same from a tropical rain forest. They are both divided into layers. These layers consist of the understory, the canopy, and the emergent layer. This is for both biomes as well.

The plant life consist of big coniferous trees, mosses, lichens, and special flowers called the Indian Paintbrush. Other trees that are very common consist of the

Bigleaf Maple, Vine Maple, and the Red Alder. These plants also include various types of fungi.

For example, the Bracket Fungi is a decomposer that grows on the side of dead or dying trees. They eat and destroy the wood until it is all gone. In that process the fungus spreads and grows all around the dead or soon to be dead trees.

Many of the animals live off the trees, considering the forest has tons of them.

They have things like tree snakes and various types of birds. For example, the tree snake adapted to living in the trees to get their food. It can eat things like the elusive flying lizard, also known as the Draco.

From this biome I have chosen the draco lizard because it is my favorite and i know so much about it. First off, I need to give a little help on understanding what exactly what it is. And I am the guy that can help out on this little project. So, here we go!

The Draco Lizard, also known as the Draco in its scientific name is the only known lizard to fly or glide. The Draco is in the agamidae classification and has the Genus rank. The lizards ribs and membrane combine and extend into a wing like appendage that it uses to glide across from tree to tree. The Draco is only able to glide a distance of 200 feet.

The reason the Draco climbs tall trees and glides so far is to try to evade predators at all cost. Also, because of the Draco’s red, green, and orange color pattern, it is very hard to find unless it is

gliding.

The female draco will leave the male after mating then flies to a tree and will lay her eggs. These lizards can lay up to two or five. The mother will force her head in the ground where she laid her eggs and guard her eggs for 24 hours and then has nothing else to do for them. In other words, they are on their own.

Every animal has to have at least one enemy. The Draco’s enemy is the slippery tree snake. The snake adapted to the trees so it can eat the draco and that is why it can glide.

Each lizard has a special power like the Basilisk which is known as the jesus lizard. That one you can catch on. Or the Horned lizard that can shoot blood from it eyes to scare away predators. And the draco has the ability to fly and glide.