Japalura Explained

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 eight species are recognized as being valid:

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Japalura andersoniana	Anderson's mountain lizard	southwestern China
	Japalura austeniana	Abor Hills agama	Bhutan and India (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh).
	Japalura dasi	Agaupani mountain lizard, Agaupani forest agama	Nepal.
	Japalura kumaonensis	Kumaon mountain lizard, Kumaon forest agama	northern India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Tibet (China)
	Japalura major	large mountain lizard, greater forest agama	northern India and Nepal.
	Japalura sagittifera	Burmese japalure	Myanmar.
	Japalura tricarinata	three-keeled mountain lizard, tricarinate forest agama	India, Nepal, and Tibet (China)
	Japalura variegata	variegated mountain lizard, Himalayan dragon	northern India, Bhutan, and Nepal.

Nota bene

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

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).

Notes and References

1. Kunte K, Manthey U. 2009. Rediscovery of Japalura sagittifera (Sauria: Agamidae) from the eastern Himalayas, Arunachal Pradesh: An addition to the Indian herpetofauna. Sauria. 31. 2. 49–55.
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. Zootaxa. 2212. 41–61. 10.11646/zootaxa.2212.1.2.