Japalura
| Japalura | |
|---|---|
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| Japalura polygonata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Sauria or Lacertilia |
| Infraorder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Subfamily: | Draconinae |
| Genus: | Japalura Gray, 1853 |
Japalura swinhonis
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]
- Japalura andersoniana Annandale, 1905
- Japalura batangensis Li et al., 2001
- Japalura brevicauda Manthey et al., 2012
- Japalura brevipes Gressitt, 1936
- Japalura chapaensis Bourret, 1937
- Japalura dasi (Shah & Kästle, 2002)
- Japalura dymondi (Boulenger, 1906)
- Japalura fasciata Mertens, 1926
- Japalura flaviceps Barbour & Dunn, 1919
- Japalura grahami (Stejneger, 1924)
- Japalura hamptoni M.A. Smith, 1935
- Japalura kaulbacki M.A. Smith, 1937 = Pseudocalotes kingdonwardi
- Japalura kumaonensis (Annandale, 1907)
- Japalura luei Ota, Chen & Shang, 1998
- Japalura major (Jerdon, 1870)
- Japalura makii Ota, 1989
- Japalura micangshanensis Song, 1987
- Japalura otai Mahony, 2009[2]
- Japalura planidorsata Jerdon, 1870
- Japalura polygonata (Hallowell, 1861)
- Japalura sagittifera M.A. Smith, 1940
- Japalura splendida Barbour & Dunn, 1919
- Japalura swinhonis Günther, 1864
- Japalura tricarinata (Blyth, 1853)
- Japalura varcoae (Boulenger, 1918)
- Japalura variegata Gray, 1853
- Japalura yulongensis Manthey et al., 2012
- Japalura yunnanensis Anderson, 1878
- Japalura zhaoermii Goa & Hou, 2002
Nota bene: a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Japalura.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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.
- ↑ "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).