| Diploderma | |
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| Diploderma polygonatum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Subfamily: | Draconinae |
| Genus: | Diploderma Hallowell, 1861 |
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46, see text. | |
Diploderma is a type of genus of lizards in the family Agamidae. Species of Diploderma are native to Myanmar, China, Vietnam, Taiwan, and Japan. Most of the species are found in China, including many endemics.
Species
The following 47 species are recognized as being valid:
- Diploderma angustelinea K. Wang, Ren, J. Wu, Che & Siler, 2020 – narrow-striped mountain dragon
- Diploderma aorun K. Wang, Jiang, Zheng, Xie, Che & Siler, 2020 – Aorun mountain dragon
- Diploderma batangense (C. Li, Deng, Y. Wu & Y. Wang, 2001)
- Diploderma bowoense K. Wang, Gao, J. Wu, Siler & Che, 2021 – Bowo mountain dragon
- Diploderma brevicauda (Manthey, Denzer, Hou & X. Wang, 2012)
- Diploderma brevipes (Gressitt, 1936) – short-legged japalure
- Diploderma chapaense (Bourret, 1937)
- Diploderma daduense Cai, Liu & Chang, 2024
- Diploderma danbaense Liu, Hou, Ananjeva, & Rao, 2023
- Diploderma daochengense Cai, Zhang, Li, Du, Xie, Hou, Zhou, & Jiang, 2022 – Daocheng mountain lizard
- Diploderma donglangense Liu, Hou, Ananjeva, & Rao, 2023
- Diploderma drukdaypo K. Wang, Ren, Jiang, Zou, J. Wu, Che & Siler, 2019 – dwarf mountain dragon
- Diploderma dymondi (Boulenger, 1906) – Dymond's japalure
- Diploderma fasciatum (Mertens, 1926) – banded japalure
- Diploderma flaviceps (Barbour & Dunn, 1919) – Szechwan japalure
- Diploderma flavilabre K. Wang, Che & Siler, 2020 – yellow-lipped mountain dragon
- Diploderma formosgulae K. Wang, Gao, J. Wu, Dong, Shi, Qi, Siler & Che, 2021 – vibrant-gulared mountain dragon
- Diploderma grahami (Stejneger, 1924) – Graham's japalure
- Diploderma hamptoni (M.A. Smith, 1935) – Hampton's japalure
- Diploderma iadinum (K. Wang, Jiang, Siler & Che, 2016) – emerald mountain dragon
- Diploderma jiulongense Liu, Hou, Ananjeva, & Rao, 2023
- Diploderma kangdingense Cai, Zhang, Li, Du, Xie, Hou, Zhou, & Jiang, 2022 – Kangding mountain lizard
- Diploderma laeviventre (K. Wang, Jiang, Siler & Che, 2016) – smooth-venter mountain dragon
- Diploderma limingense Liu, Hou, Rao, & Ananjeva, 2022
- Diploderma luei (Ota, S. Chen & Shang, 1998)
- Diploderma makii (Ota, 1989) – Ota's japalure
- Diploderma menghaiense Liu, Hou, J. Wang, Ananjeva & Rao, 2020 – Menghai mountain lizard
- Diploderma micangshanense (Song, 1987)
- Diploderma ngoclinense (Ananjeva, Orlov & Nguyen, 2017)
- Diploderma panchi K. Wang, Zheng, Xie, Che & Siler, 2020 – Panchi mountain dragon
- Diploderma panlong K. Wang, Che, Siler, 2020 – Pan Long mountain dragon
- Diploderma polygonatum Hallowell, 1861 – Ryukyu japalure, Okinawa tree lizard
- Diploderma qilin K. Wang, Ren, Che & Siler, 2020 – Qilin mountain dragon
- Diploderma shuoquense Liu, Hou, Rao, & Ananjeva, 2022
- Diploderma slowinskii (Rao, Vindum, Ma, Fu & Wilkinson, 2017)
- Diploderma splendidum (Barbour & Dunn, 1919) – green striped tree dragon, splendid japalure
- Diploderma swild K. Wang, J. Wu, Jiang, J. Chen, Miao, Siler & Che, 2019 – Swild mountain dragon
- Diploderma swinhonis (Günther, 1864) – Taiwan japalure
- Diploderma tachengense Liu, Hou, Ananjeva, & Rao, 2023
- Diploderma varcoae (Boulenger, 1918) – Chinese japalure
- Diploderma vela (K. Wang, Jiang & Che, 2015) – sail mountain lizard, sail japalura
- Diploderma xinlongense Cai, Zhang, Li, Du, Xie, Hou, Zhou, & Jiang, 2022 – Xinlong mountain lizard
- Diploderma yangi K. Wang, Zhang & X. Li, 2022
- Diploderma yongshengense Liu, Hou, Rao, & Ananjeva, 2022
- Diploderma yulongense (Manthey, Denzer, Hou & X. Wang, 2012)
- Diploderma yunnanense (Anderson, 1878) – Yunnan japalure
- Diploderma zhaoermii (Gao & Hou, 2002)
Nota bene: a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Diploderma.
References
- Kunte K, Manthey U (2009). "Rediscovery of Japalura sagittifera (Sauria: Agamidae) from the eastern Himalayas, Arunachal Pradesh: An addition to the Indian herpetofauna" (PDF). Sauria. 31 (2): 49–55.
- Mahony S (2009). "A new species of Japalura (Reptilia: Agamidae) from northeast India with a discussion of the similar species Japalura sagittifera Smith, 1940 and Japalura planidorsata Jerdon, 1870" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2212: 41–61. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2212.1.2.
- ^ Diploderma at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 October 2018.
- Wang, Kai; Ren, Jinlong; Wu, Jiawei; Jiang, Ke; Jin, Jieqiong; Hou, Shaobing; Zheng, Puyang; Xie, Feng; Siler, Cameron D.; Che, Jing (2021). "Systematic revision of mountain dragons (Reptilia: Agamidae: Diploderma) in China, with descriptions of six new species and discussion on their conservation". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 59 (1): 222–263. doi:10.1111/jzs.12414. ISSN 1439-0469. S2CID 234110449.
- Bo Cai, Fengjing Liu, Dong Liang, Mian Hou, Huaming Zhou, Jiayun Zhong, Jing Li and Jiang Chang. 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
Further reading
- Hallowell E (1861). "Report upon the Reptilia of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under command of Capt. John Rogers, U. S. N." Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 480-510. (Diploderma, new genus, p. 490; D. polygonatum, new species, pp. 490-491).
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| Diploderma | |