Diploderma splendidum

Diploderma splendidum

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 splendidum

Name

Diploderma splendidum (Barbour & Dunn, 1919)

• Holotype: USNM 35522, adult ♂, collected by E. Blackwelder.
• Type locality: “the gorge of the Yangtze River near Ichang (=Yichang City), Hupeh (=Hubei Province), central China”.

Combinations

• Japalura splendida Barbour & Dunn, 1919: 18 [Original combination]
• Diploderma splendidum — Wang, Che, Lin, Deepak, Aniruddha, Jiang, Jin, Chen & Siler, 2018: 259 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Barbour, T. & Dunn, E.R. 1919. Two New Chinese Japaluras. Proceedings of the New England Zoölogical Club 7: 15–19. BHL 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. 

Additional references

• Cai, B., Liu, F.-J., Liang, D., Hou, M., Zhou, H.-M., Zhong, J.-Y., Li, J. & Chang, J. 2024. A New Species of Diploderma (Squamata, Agamidae) from the Valley of Dadu River in Sichuan Province, with a Redescription of Topotypes of D. splendidum from Hubei Province, China. Animals 14(9): 1344. DOI: 10.3390/ani14091344 Reference page. 

Links

• Rao, D.-Q., Guo, X., Cai, B. & Wang, Y. 2021. IUCN: Diploderma splendidum  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T104671095A104671183. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T104671095A104671183.en. Accessed on 06 May 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Green Striped Tree Dragon