Japalura tricarinata

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Three Keeled Mountain Lizard
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Japalura
Species: tricarinata
Binomial name
Japalura tricarinata
Jerdon, 1870
Synonyms

Tiaris elliotti
Oriotiaris elliotti
Oriotiaris tricarinata
Acanthosaura tricarinata

The Three Keeled Mountain Lizard Japalura tricarinata is an agamid lizard found in N India (Sikkim, Derjeeling, West Bengal) and E Nepal.


[edit] References

  • Gruber, U. 1975 Agame Japalura tricarinata aus dem zentralen Nepal-Himalaya Das Aquarium 1975 (77): 502-505
  • Macey,J.R. et al. 2000 Evaluating trans-Tethys migration: an example using acrodont lizard phylogenetics. Syst. Biol. 49 (2): 233-256
  • Shah 1995 Enumeration of Habitat, Geographical and Altitudinal Distribution of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Nepal