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Diploderma hamptoni

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Species of lizard

Diploderma hamptoni
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Diploderma
Species: D. hamptoni
Binomial name
Diploderma hamptoni
(M.A. Smith, 1935)
Synonyms
  • Japalura hamptoni
    M.A. Smith, 1935

Diploderma hamptoni, also known commonly as Hampton's japalure, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Myanmar.

Etymology

The specific name, hamptoni, is in honor of Herbert Hampton, collector of the holotype.

Geographic range

D. hamptoni is found in northern Myanmar.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of D. hamptoni is forest.

Behavior

D. hamptoni is diurnal.

Reproduction

D. hamptoni is oviparous.

References

  1. ^ Lwin, K.; Wogan, G. (2018). "Diploderma hamptoni ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018. IUCN: e.T104667622A104667641. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T104667622A104667641.en. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  2. ^ Species Diploderma hamptoni at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-14214-0135-5. (Japalura hamptoni, p. 115).

Further reading

  • Smith MA (1935). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (Japalura hamptoni, new species, pp. 175–176).
  • Wang K, Che J, Lin S, Deepak V, Datta-Roy A, Jiang K, Jin J, Chen H, Siler CD (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. (Diploderma hamptoni, new combination).


Taxon identifiers
Diploderma hamptoni


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