Japalura

Japalura variegata

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: Japalura
Species (9): J. andersoniana – J. austeniana – J. dasi – J. kumaonensis – J. major – J. mictophola – J. sagittifera – J. tricarinata – J. variegata

Name

Japalura Gray, 1853: 387

• Type species: Japalura variegata Gray, 1853, by monotypy.
• Gender: feminine.

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1853. Descriptions of some undescribed species of reptiles collected by Dr. Joseph Hooker in the Khassia Mountains, East Bengal, and Sikkim Himalaya. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 2 12(72): 386–392. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Denzer, W., Manthey, U. & Campbell, P.D. 2019. Catalogue of type specimens of the agamid lizard genus Japalura s. l. (Squamata: Agamidae: Draconinae). Zootaxa 4612(1): 109–125. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4612.1.8. Reference page. 
• Wang, K., Che, J., Lin, S.-M., Deepak, V., Datta-Roy, A., Jiang, K., Jin, J.-Q., Chen, H.-M. & Siler, C.D. 2019. Multilocus phylogeny and revised classification for mountain dragons of the genus Japalura s.l. (Reptilia: Agamidae: Draconinae) from Asia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 185(1): 246–267. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zly034 Reference page. 
• Gowande, G.G., Bhosale, H.S., Phansalkar, P.U., Sawant, M. & Mirza, Z.A. 2021. On the systematics and the phylogenetic position of the poorly known, montane dragon-lizard species Pseudocalotes austeniana (Annandale, 1908) (Squamata, Agamidae, Draconinae). Evolutionary Systematics 5(1): 141–150. DOI: 10.3897/evolsyst.5.67137 Reference page. 
• Mirza, Z.A., Gowande, G., Thackeray, T., Bhosale, H., Sawant, M., Phansalkar, P. & Patel, H. 2024. A new montane-dwelling species of Japalura Gray, 1853 (Squamata: Agamidae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India. Taprobanica 13(1): 1–8. DOI: 10.47605/tapro.v13i1.317 Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Japalura . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 2 November 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Himalayan Dragons

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