Diploderma yulongense

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 yulongense

Name

• Diploderma yulongense Manthey, Denzer, Hou & Wang, 2012

Holotype: MB 76395 (formerly ZMB 28932 part (adult male), collected by Camillo Schneider some time between July and October 1914.

Type locality: Ulukay Village, eastern slopes of the Yulong Snow Mountains, near Lijiang (ca. 26°53’N, 100°11’E, > 2500 m elevation), northwestern Yunnan, PR China.

Etymology: The name is derived from the type locality Yulong Snow Mountains, PR China.

Mentions

• Japalura flaviceps Pope, 1935: 467 (part.)
• Japalura yulongensis 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
• Wang, K., Ren, J-L., Jiang, K., Yuan, Z-Y., Che, J. & Siler, C.D. 2017. Rediscovery of the enigmatic Mountain Dragon, Japalura yulongensis (Reptilia: Sauria: Agamidae), with notes on its natural history and conservation. Zootaxa 4318(2): 351–363. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4318.2.8. Reference page.