Japalura variegata

Japalura variegata

Japalura variegata — distribution map

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: Japalura variegata

Name

Japalura variegata Gray, 1853: 388

• Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.14.4–5, one ♀ and one halfgrown, collected by Joseph Hooker, date unknown.
• Type locality: “Sikkim Himalaya”.

Synonyms

• Biancia niger Gray, 1853: 387 [synonymised by Boulenger (1885: 308)]
  • Syntypes: BMNH 1853.8.12.5, ♂, and BMNH 1946.8.14.2–3, two ♀, collected by Joseph Hooker, date unknown.
  • Type locality: “Sikkim”.

• Japalura microlepis Jerdon, 1870: 76 [synonymised by Boulenger (1885: 308)]
  • Syntypes: BMNH 1946.8.14.10, ♀, presented by T.C. Jerdon.
  • Type locality: “Sikkim”.

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. 
• Jerdon, T.C. 1870. Notes on Indian Herpetology. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1870: 66–85. BHL Reference page. 
• Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume 1. Gekkonidae, Eublapheridae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. Second edition. Trustees of the British Museum: London. xiii + 436 pp., 32 pls. 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Japalura variegata. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 18 October 2018.
• Manthey, U. & Mathew, R. 2010. IUCN: Japalura variegata  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T170407A6778213. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T170407A6778213.en

Vernacular names

English: Variegated Himalayan Dragon