| Japalura austeniana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Japalura |
| Species: | J. austeniana |
| Binomial name | |
| Japalura austeniana (Annandale, 1908) | |
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Japalura austeniana, also known commonly as the Abor Hills agama or Annandale's dragon, is a rare species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Asia.
Etymology
The specific name, austeniana, is in honor of English topographer Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen.
Geographic range
J. austeniana is found in Bhutan and India (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh).
Type locality: "Hills near Harmatti, Assam" (= Dafla Hills, Assam, fide M.A. Smith 1935).
Rediscovery
This species, J. austeniana, was previously known only from its holotype, but was rediscovered in 2006 at Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh.
Description
The holotype of J. austeniana, a female, has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 9 cm (3.5 in). The tail is very long, 23 cm (9.1 in).
Reproduction
J. austeniana is oviparous.
References
- ^ Species Japalura austeniana at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Mictopholis austeniana, p. 13).
- ^ Annandale N (1908). "Description of a new Species of Lizard of the Genus Salea from Assam". Records of the Indian Museum 2: 37-38. (Salea austeniana, new species).
- Athreya R (2006). Eaglenest Biodiversity Project − I (2003–2006): Conservation Resources for Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary. A report submitted to the Forest Department of the Government of Arunachal Pradesh, India, and the Rufford-Maurice-Laing Foundation (UK). Pune, India: Kaati Trust. p. 54. Archived 2010-06-02 at the Wayback Machine
Further reading
- Das A, Das I (2007). "Rediscovery of Mictopholis austeniana (Annandale, 1908) (Squamata: Agamidae)". Current Herpetology 26 (1): 45–47.
- 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. (Mictopholis, new genus, p. 149; Mictopholis austeniana, new combination, p. 165, Figure 50).
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Pseudocalotes austeniana | |
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