Diploderma polygonatum
| Japalura polygonata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Japalura |
| Species: | J. polygonata
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| Binomial name | |
| Japalura polygonata (Hallowell, 1861)
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Diploderma polygonatum Hallowell, 1861 | |
Japalura polygonata, also known as Ryukyu japalure and Okinawa tree lizard, is a species of lizard found in the Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan.[1][2] An adult male Japalura polygonata measures "61 mm. from snout to vent, and 152 mm. from vent to tip of taill total length 213 mm."[3]
References
- ^ "Japalura polygonata". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2016-06-30.
- ^ Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, Volume 90. Bombay Natural History Society. 1993.
Three subpecies 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 ...
- ^ Stejneger, Leonhard (1907). Herpetology of Japan and Adjacent Territory. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 188.
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