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Diploderma
Diploderma polygonatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Subfamily: Draconinae
Genus: Diploderma
Hallowell, 1861
Diploderma swinhonis

Diploderma is a genus of lizards in the family Agamidae. Species of Diploderma are native to Myanmar, China, Vietnam, Taiwan, and Japan. Most of the species are found in China.[1] including many endemics.[2][3]

Species

The following 24 species are recognized as being valid:[3]

Nota bene: a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Diploderma.

References

  1. ^ Kunte K, Manthey U (2009). "Rediscovery of Japalura sagittifera (Sauria: Agamidae) from the eastern Himalayas, Arunachal Pradesh: An addition to the Indian herpetofauna" (PDF). Sauria. 31 (2): 49–55.
  2. ^ Mahony S (2009). "A new species of Japalura (Reptilia: Agamidae) from northeast India with a discussion of the similar species Japalura sagittifera Smith, 1940 and Japalura planidorsata Jerdon, 1870" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2212: 41–61.
  3. ^ a b Diploderma at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 October 2018.