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Diploderma grahami

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Diploderma grahami
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Diploderma
Species:
D. grahami
Binomial name
Diploderma grahami
(Stejneger, 1924)[2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Phoxophrys grahami
    Stejneger, 1924
  • Japalura grahami
    Inger, 1960
  • Diploderma grahami
    K. Wang et al., 2018

Diploderma grahami, also known commonly as Graham's japalure, is species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to China.[2]

Etymology

The specific name, grahami, is in honor of American Christian missionary, the Rev. Dr. David Crockett Graham, who collected natural history specimens in China.[3]

Geographic range

D. grahami is found in the Chinese province of Sichuan.[1][2]

Reproduction

D. grahami is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Wang, Y.; Rao, D.Q. (2019). "Diploderma grahami ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019. IUCN: e.T170405A127945216. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T170405A127945216.en. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d e Species Diploderma grahami 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 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Japalura grahami, p. 105).