Japalura
| Japalura | |
|---|---|
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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 |
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.
Species
The following seven species are recognized as being valid:[3]
- Japalura andersoniana Annandale, 1905
- Japalura dasi (Shah & Kästle, 2002)
- Japalura kumaonensis (Annandale, 1907)
- Japalura major (Jerdon, 1870)
- Japalura sagittifera M.A. Smith, 1940
- Japalura tricarinata (Blyth, 1853)
- Japalura variegata Gray, 1853
Nota bene: a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Japalura.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ Japalura at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 October 2018.
Further reading
- Gray JE (1853). "Descriptions of some undescribed species of Reptiles collected by Dr. Joseph Hooker in the Khassia Mountains, East Bengal, and Sikkim Himalaya". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Second Series 12: 386-392. (Japalura, new genus, pp. 387–388).