Japalura

Japalura
Japalura polygonata
Scientific classification
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, Myanmar, China, Vietnam, Taiwan, and Japan. China has the most species,[1] including many endemics.[2]

Species

The following 28 species are recognized as being valid.[1][2][3]

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

References

  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 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.
  3. "Japalura ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org.

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).
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