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Japalura andersoniana

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Japalura andersoniana
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J. andersoniana
Binomial name
Japalura andersoniana
Annandale, 1905

Japalura andersoniana is an agamid lizard endemic to eastern India and China.

Etymology

The specific name, andersoniana, is in honor of Scottish zoologist John Anderson.[1]

References

  1. ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Japalura andersoniana, p. 8).

Further reading

  • Annandale N. 1905. "Contributions to Oriental Herpetology. II.—Notes on the Oriental Lizards in the Indian Museum, with a List of the Species recorded from British India and Ceylon. Part I." J. Proc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, New Series [Series 2] 1: 81-93 + Plates I-II. (Japalura andersoniana, new species, pp. 85–86 + Plate II, figure 4).
  • Smith MA. 1935. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (Japalura andersoniana, p. 173).