Diploderma brevicauda

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Draconinae
Genus: Diploderma
Species: Diploderma brevicauda

Name

Diploderma brevicauda Manthey, Denzer, Hou & Wang, 2012

Holotype: AMNH 19879 (male, paratype of Japalura flaviceps), collected by R.C. Andrews and Edmund Heller, November 1916.

Type locality: Snow Mt. Village, 2740 m. (ca. 27°05’N, 100°11’E), 19 km north of Lijiang, Northwestern Yunnan, China.

Etymology: The name brevicauda (Lat. brevis = short, cauda = tail) means short-tailed reflecting this morphological feature of the new species.

Mentions

• Japalura flaviceps Barbour & Dunn, 1919: 16 (part.)
• Japalura yunnanensis Werner, 1924: 41 (part.)
• Japalura brevicauda Manthey, Denzer, Hou & Wang, 2012

References

• Manthey, U. & Denzer, W., Hou, M. & X. Wang 2012: Discovered in historical collections: two new Japalura species (Squamata: Sauria: Agamidae) from Yulong Snow Mountains, Lijiang Prefecture, Yunnan, PR China. Zootaxa, 3200: 27–48. Preview