Japalura andersoniana

Japalura andersoniana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Reptilia
Order:Squamata
Suborder:Iguania
Family:Agamidae
Genus:Japalura
Species: J. andersoniana
Binomial name
Japalura andersoniana
Annandale, 1905

Japalura andersoniana is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to eastern India and China.

Etymology

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

References

  1. ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (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).


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