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.

Japalura
Japalura major
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Subfamily: Draconinae
Genus: Japalura
Gray, 1853

Species

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The following eight species are recognized as being valid:[3]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
Japalura andersoniana Annandale, 1905 Anderson's mountain lizard southwestern China
  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.
  Japalura kumaonensis (Annandale, 1907) Kumaon mountain lizard, Kumaon forest agama northern India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Tibet (China)
  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)
  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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Japalura at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 October 2018.

Further reading

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  • 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).