Japalura major

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Large Mountain Lizard
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Sauria
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Japalura
Species: major
Binomial name
Japalura major
Smith, 1935
Synonyms

Oreocalotes major

The Large Mountain Lizard Japalura major is an agamid lizard found in N India (W Himalaya, Himachal Pradesh: Districts of Simla, Garhwal in the state of Chamba), Nepal, elevation up to 8500 feet.

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  • Jamdar, N. 1985 A Note on the Habits and Breeding of the Lizard Japalura major J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 82: 420-421
  • Jerdon,T.C. 1870 Notes on Indian Herpetology. P. Asiatic Soc. Bengal March 1870: 66-85
  • Smith,M.A. 1935 Reptiles and Amphibia, Vol. II. in: The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Taylor and Francis, London, 440 pp.