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Japalura andersoniana

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Species of lizard

Japalura andersoniana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Japalura
Species: J. andersoniana
Binomial name
Japalura andersoniana
Annandale, 1905

Japalura andersoniana, Anderson's mountain lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to southern Asia.

Etymology

The specific name, andersoniana, is in honor of Scottish zoologist John Anderson.

Geographic range

J. andersoniana is found in eastern India, and in the part of southwestern China formerly known as Tibet.

Description

J. andersoniana may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 7.5 cm (3.0 in) and a total length (including tail) of 16 cm (6.3 in). It is brown dorsally and ventrally, and the male has a yellow dewlap.

Reproduction

J. andersoniana is oviparous.

References

  1. 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. (Japalura andersoniana, p. 8).
  2. ^ Species Japalura andersoniana at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  3. Smith MA (1935).

Further reading

  • Annandale N (1905). "Contributions to Oriental Herpetology. II.—Notes on the Oriental Lizards in the Indian Museum, with a List of the Species recorded from British India and Ceylon. Part I." Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, New Series 1: 81-93 + Plates I-II. (Japalura andersoniana, new species, pp. 85–86 + Plate II, figure 4).
  • Bhosale H, Das A, Manthey U (2013). "Neue Fundorte und Farbvariationen von Japalura andersoniana Annandale, 1905 (Sauria: Agamidae: Draconinae)". Sauria 35 (3): 55–60. (in German).
  • 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 andersoniana, p. 173).


Taxon identifiers
Japalura andersoniana
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