Diploderma polygonatum

Diploderma polygonatum
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Genus:	Diploderma
Species:	D. polygonatum
Binomial name
Diploderma polygonatum (Hallowell, 1861)
Synonyms
Japalura polygonata Hallowell, 1861

Diploderma polygonatum, also known as Ryukyu japalure and Okinawa tree lizard, is a species of lizard found in the Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan.[1][2] It is diurnal and arboreal.[3] An adult male Diploderma polygonatum measures "61 mm. from snout to vent, and 152 mm. from vent to tip of tail; total length 213 mm."[4] The splenial of this lizard is short, as is that of Trapelus agilis.[5] The lizard is also closely related to Diploderma swinhonis.

References

1. "Diploderma polygonatum". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
2. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, Volume 90. Bombay Natural History Society. 1993. Three subspecies are recognized (Ota 1991): Japalura polygonata polygonata (greatest part of Ryukyu Islands); J. p. ishigakiensis Van Denburgh, 1912 (Yaeyama group, southern Ryukyu Islands); J. p. xanthostoma Ota, 1991 (lowlands of ...
3. Zoological Studies, Volume 46. Institute of Zoology, Academia Sinica. 2007. p. 224. Some of them are diurnally arboreal species such as Japalura polygonata xanthostoma (H. Lin, unpubl. obs.).
4. Stejneger, Leonhard (1907). Herpetology of Japan and Adjacent Territory. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 188.
5. Gans, Carl (1969). Biology of the Reptilia: Morphology H : the skull of Lepidosauria. Academic Press. ISBN 9780916984762. Retrieved 30 June 2016. The splenial is generally reduced (e.g., Japalura polygonata, Trapelus agilis), absent, or fused (Moody, 1980), but remains long in the Cretaceous genus Mimeosaurus (Gao and Hou, 1995).