Japalura is a genus of lizards in the family Agamidae. Species of Japalura are native to Pakistan, India, China, and Myanmar.[1][2] Many species have been moved to the genus Diploderma.
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| Japalura major | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Subfamily: | Draconinae |
| Genus: | Japalura Gray, 1853 |
Species
editThe following eight species are recognized as being valid:[3]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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| Japalura andersoniana Annandale, 1905 | Anderson's mountain lizard | southwestern China | |
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Japalura austeniana (Annandale, 1908) | Abor Hills agama | Bhutan and India (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh). |
| Japalura dasi (Shah & Kästle, 2002) | Agaupani mountain lizard, Agaupani forest agama | Nepal. | |
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Japalura kumaonensis (Annandale, 1907) | Kumaon mountain lizard, Kumaon forest agama | northern India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Tibet (China) |
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Japalura major (Jerdon, 1870) | large mountain lizard, greater forest agama | northern India and Nepal. |
| Japalura sagittifera M.A. Smith, 1940 | Burmese japalure | Myanmar. | |
| Japalura tricarinata (Blyth, 1853) | three-keeled mountain lizard, tricarinate forest agama | India, Nepal, and Tibet (China) | |
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Japalura variegata Gray, 1853 | variegated mountain lizard, Himalayan dragon | northern India, Bhutan, and Nepal. |
Nota bene: a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Japalura.
References
edit- ^ Kunte K, Manthey U (2009). "Rediscovery of Japalura sagittifera (Sauria: Agamidae) from the eastern Himalayas, Arunachal Pradesh: An addition to the Indian herpetofauna" (PDF). Sauria. 31 (2): 49–55.
- ^ Mahony S (2009). "A new species of Japalura (Reptilia: Agamidae) from northeast India with a discussion of the similar species Japalura sagittifera Smith, 1940 and Japalura planidorsata Jerdon, 1870" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2212: 41–61. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2212.1.2.
- ^ Japalura at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 October 2018.
Further reading
edit- Gray JE (1853). "Descriptions of some undescribed species of Reptiles collected by Dr. Joseph Hooker in the Khassia Mountains, East Bengal, and Sikkim Himalaya". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Second Series 12: 386-392. (Japalura, new genus, pp. 387–388).
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