Genus of lizards
Diploderma swinhonis Diploderma 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,[ 1] endemics .[ 2] [ 3]
Species
The following 47 species are recognized as being valid:[ 3] [ 4]
Diploderma angustelinea K. Wang , Ren , J. Wu , Che & Siler , 2020Diploderma aorun K. Wang, Jiang , Zheng , Xie , Che & Siler, 2020 – Aorun mountain dragonDiploderma batangense (C. Li , Deng , Y. Wu & Y. Wang, 2001) Diploderma bowoense K. Wang, Gao , J. Wu, Siler & Che, 2021 – Bowo mountain dragonDiploderma brevicauda (Manthey , Denzer , Hou & X. Wang , 2012) Diploderma brevipes (Gressitt , 1936) – short-legged japalureDiploderma chapaense (Bourret , 1937) Diploderma daduense Cai, Liu & Chang, 2024 [ 5] Diploderma danbaense Liu, Hou, Ananjeva, & Rao, 2023 Diploderma daochengense Cai, Zhang, Li, Du, Xie, Hou, Zhou, & Jiang, 2022 – Daocheng mountain lizardDiploderma donglangense Liu, Hou, Ananjeva, & Rao, 2023 Diploderma drukdaypo K. Wang, Ren, Jiang, Zou , J. Wu, Che & Siler, 2019 – dwarf mountain dragonDiploderma dymondi (Boulenger , 1906) – Dymond's japalureDiploderma fasciatum (Mertens , 1926) – banded japalureDiploderma flaviceps (Barbour & Dunn , 1919) – Szechwan japalureDiploderma flavilabre K. Wang, Che & Siler, 2020 – yellow-lipped mountain dragonDiploderma formosgulae K. Wang, Gao, J. Wu, Dong , Shi , Qi , Siler & Che, 2021 – vibrant-gulared mountain dragonDiploderma grahami (Stejneger , 1924) – Graham's japalureDiploderma hamptoni (M.A. Smith , 1935) – Hampton's japalureDiploderma iadinum (K. Wang, Jiang, Siler & Che, 2016) – emerald mountain dragonDiploderma jiulongense Liu, Hou, Ananjeva, & Rao, 2023 Diploderma kangdingense Cai, Zhang, Li, Du, Xie, Hou, Zhou, & Jiang, 2022 – Kangding mountain lizardDiploderma laeviventre (K. Wang, Jiang, Siler & Che, 2016) – smooth-venter mountain dragonDiploderma limingense Liu, Hou, Rao, & Ananjeva, 2022 Diploderma luei (Ota , S. Chen & Shang , 1998) Diploderma makii (Ota, 1989) – Ota's japalureDiploderma menghaiense Liu , Hou, J. Wang , Ananjeva & Rao , 2020Diploderma micangshanense (Song , 1987) Diploderma ngoclinense (Ananjeva, Orlov & Nguyen , 2017) Diploderma panchi K. Wang, Zheng, Xie, Che & Siler, 2020 – Panchi mountain dragonDiploderma panlong K. Wang, Che, Siler, 2020 – Pan Long mountain dragonDiploderma polygonatum Hallowell , 1861Diploderma qilin K. Wang, Ren, Che & Siler, 2020 – Qilin mountain dragonDiploderma shuoquense Liu, Hou, Rao, & Ananjeva, 2022 Diploderma slowinskii (Rao, Vindum , Ma , Fu & Wilkinson , 2017) Diploderma splendidum (Barbour & Dunn, 1919) – green striped tree dragon, splendid japalureDiploderma swild K. Wang, J. Wu, Jiang, J. Chen , Miao , Siler & Che, 2019 – Swild mountain dragonDiploderma swinhonis (Günther , 1864) – Taiwan japalureDiploderma tachengense Liu, Hou, Ananjeva, & Rao, 2023 Diploderma varcoae (Boulenger, 1918) – Chinese japalureDiploderma vela (K. Wang, Jiang & Che, 2015) – sail mountain lizard, sail japaluraDiploderma xinlongense Cai, Zhang, Li, Du, Xie, Hou, Zhou, & Jiang, 2022 – Xinlong mountain lizardDiploderma 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 japalureDiploderma zhaoermii (Gao & Hou, 2002)
Nota bene 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 .^ a b Diploderma 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).
