Fan Lizard

Fan lizards (fanisaurus pennatus or "winged fan lizard,") are small nocturnal creatures that live on Pandora

Description and Adaptions
At first glance, this unique lizard appears to be little more than a dull, ruler-length reptile with few different features. When agitated, however, it unfurls like an antique Chinese fan and spins away to safety. In an instant, it morphs from dull to beautiful and then, just as rapidly, is once again a rather common-looking lizard.

Fan lizards are known for the large retractable disk on their back. This disk has a structure similar to that of the Da Vinci Helicopter. This magenta and purple membrane is bioluminescent and used for flight as well as to ward off any attackers with the brilliant light display and sudden increase in size. Note that when the Fan Lizard uses the appendage, the movement causes the body to spin with it.