Diploderma hamptoni

Diploderma hamptoni
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific 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)[2]
Synonyms[2]
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.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, hamptoni, is in honor of Herbert Hampton, collector of the holotype.[3]

Geographic range

D. hamptoni is found in northern Myanmar.[1][2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of D. hamptoni is forest.[1]

Behavior

D. hamptoni is diurnal.[1]

Reproduction

D. hamptoni is oviparous.[2]

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).