Diploderma
Diploderma is a genus of lizards in the family Agamidae. Species of Diploderma are native to Myanmar, China, Vietnam, Taiwan, and Japan. Most of the species are found in China,[1] including many endemics.[2][3]
| Diploderma | |
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| Diploderma polygonatum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Subfamily: | Draconinae |
| Genus: | Diploderma Hallowell, 1861 |
| Species | |
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46, see text. | |
Species
The following 46 species are recognized as being valid:[3][4]
- Diploderma angustelinea K. Wang, Ren, J. Wu, Che & Siler, 2020 – narrow-striped mountain dragon
- Diploderma aorun K. Wang, Jiang, Zheng, Xie, Che & Siler, 2020 – Aorun mountain dragon
- Diploderma batangense (C. Li, Deng, Y. Wu & Y. Wang, 2001)
- Diploderma bowoense K. Wang, Gao, J. Wu, Siler & Che, 2021 – Bowo mountain dragon
- Diploderma brevicauda (Manthey, Denzer, Hou & X. Wang, 2012)
- Diploderma brevipes (Gressitt, 1936) – short-legged japalure
- Diploderma chapaense (Bourret, 1937)
- Diploderma danbaense Liu, Hou, Ananjeva, & Rao, 2023
- Diploderma daochengense Cai, Zhang, Li, Du, Xie, Hou, Zhou, & Jiang, 2022 – Daocheng mountain lizard
- Diploderma donglangense Liu, Hou, Ananjeva, & Rao, 2023
- Diploderma drukdaypo K. Wang, Ren, Jiang, Zou, J. Wu, Che & Siler, 2019 – dwarf mountain dragon
- Diploderma dymondi (Boulenger, 1906) – Dymond's japalure
- Diploderma fasciatum (Mertens, 1926) – banded japalure
- Diploderma flaviceps (Barbour & Dunn, 1919) – Szechwan japalure
- Diploderma flavilabre K. Wang, Che & Siler, 2020 – yellow-lipped mountain dragon
- Diploderma formosgulae K. Wang, Gao, J. Wu, Dong, Shi, Qi, Siler & Che, 2021 – vibrant-gulared mountain dragon
- Diploderma grahami (Stejneger, 1924) – Graham's japalure
- Diploderma hamptoni (M.A. Smith, 1935) – Hampton's japalure
- Diploderma iadinum (K. Wang, Jiang, Siler & Che, 2016) – emerald mountain dragon
- Diploderma jiulongense Liu, Hou, Ananjeva, & Rao, 2023
- Diploderma kangdingense Cai, Zhang, Li, Du, Xie, Hou, Zhou, & Jiang, 2022 – Kangding mountain lizard
- Diploderma laeviventre (K. Wang, Jiang, Siler & Che, 2016) – smooth-venter mountain dragon
- Diploderma limingense Liu, Hou, Rao, & Ananjeva, 2022
- Diploderma luei (Ota, S. Chen & Shang, 1998)
- Diploderma makii (Ota, 1989) – Ota's japalure
- Diploderma menghaiense Liu, Hou, J. Wang, Ananjeva & Rao, 2020 – Menghai mountain lizard
- Diploderma micangshanense (Song, 1987)
- Diploderma ngoclinense (Ananjeva, Orlov & Nguyen, 2017)
- Diploderma panchi K. Wang, Zheng, Xie, Che & Siler, 2020 – Panchi mountain dragon
- Diploderma panlong K. Wang, Che, Siler, 2020 – Pan Long mountain dragon
- Diploderma polygonatum Hallowell, 1861 – Ryukyu japalure, Okinawa tree lizard
- Diploderma qilin K. Wang, Ren, Che & Siler, 2020 – Qilin mountain dragon
- Diploderma shuoquense Liu, Hou, Rao, & Ananjeva, 2022
- Diploderma slowinskii (Rao, Vindum, Ma, Fu & Wilkinson, 2017)
- Diploderma splendidum (Barbour & Dunn, 1919) – green striped tree dragon, splendid japalure
- Diploderma swild K. Wang, J. Wu, Jiang, J. Chen, Miao, Siler & Che, 2019 – Swild mountain dragon
- Diploderma swinhonis (Günther, 1864) – Taiwan japalure
- Diploderma tachengense Liu, Hou, Ananjeva, & Rao, 2023
- Diploderma varcoae (Boulenger, 1918) – Chinese japalure
- Diploderma vela (K. Wang, Jiang & Che, 2015) – sail mountain lizard, sail japalura
- Diploderma xinlongense Cai, Zhang, Li, Du, Xie, Hou, Zhou, & Jiang, 2022 – Xinlong mountain lizard
- Diploderma yangi K. Wang, Zhang & X. Li, 2022
- Diploderma yongshengense Liu, Hou, Rao, & Ananjeva, 2022
- Diploderma yulongense (Manthey, Denzer, Hou & X. Wang, 2012)
- Diploderma yunnanense (Anderson, 1878) – Yunnan japalure
- Diploderma zhaoermii (Gao & Hou, 2002)
Nota bene: a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Diploderma.
References
- Kunte K, Manthey U (2009). "Rediscovery of Japalura sagittifera (Sauria: Agamidae) from the eastern Himalayas, Arunachal Pradesh: An addition to the Indian herpetofauna" (PDF). Sauria. 31 (2): 49–55.
- 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" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2212: 41–61. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2212.1.2.
- Diploderma at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 October 2018.
- Wang, Kai; Ren, Jinlong; Wu, Jiawei; Jiang, Ke; Jin, Jieqiong; Hou, Shaobing; Zheng, Puyang; Xie, Feng; Siler, Cameron D.; Che, Jing (2021). "Systematic revision of mountain dragons (Reptilia: Agamidae: Diploderma) in China, with descriptions of six new species and discussion on their conservation". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 59 (1): 222–263. doi:10.1111/jzs.12414. ISSN 1439-0469. S2CID 234110449.
Further reading
- Hallowell E (1861). "Report upon the Reptilia of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under command of Capt. John Rogers, U. S. N." Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 480-510. (Diploderma, new genus, p. 490; D. polygonatum, new species, pp. 490-491).
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