Japalura

<i>Japalura</i>

Japalura

Genus of lizards

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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Species

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

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Nota bene: a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Japalura.

References

  1. [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. [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. [3]
    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". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Second Series 12: 386-392. (Japalura, new genus, pp. 387–388).
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