Diploderma
Appearance
Diploderma | |
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Diploderma polygonatum | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Agamidae |
Subfamily: | Draconinae |
Genus: | Diploderma Hallowell, 1861 |

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]
- Diploderma batangensis Li et al., 2001
- Diploderma brevicauda Manthey, Denzer, Hou & Wang, 2012
- Diploderma brevipes Gressitt, 1936
- Diploderma chapaense Bourret, 1937
- Diploderma dymondi (Boulenger, 1906)
- Diploderma fasciata Mertens, 1926
- Diploderma flaviceps Barbour & Dunn, 1919
- Diploderma grahami (Stejneger, 1924)
- Diploderma hamptoni M.A. Smith, 1935
- Diploderma iadinum Wang, Jiang, Siler, & Che, 2016
- Diploderma laeviventre Wang, Jiang, Siler & Che, 2016
- Diploderma luei Ota, Chen & Shang, 1998
- Diploderma makii Ota, 1989
- Diploderma micangshanensis Song, 1987
- Diploderma ngoclinensis Ananjeva, Orlov & Nguyen, 2017
- Diploderma polygonatum (Hallowell, 1861)
- Diploderma slowinskii Rao, Vindum, Ma, Fu & Wilkinson, 2017
- Diploderma splendidum Barbour & Dunn, 1919
- Diploderma swinhonis Günther, 1864
- Diploderma varcoae (Boulenger, 1918)
- Diploderma vela Wang, Jiang, Pan, Hou, Siler & Che, 2015
- Diploderma yulongense Manthey, Denzer, Hou & Wang, 2012
- Diploderma yunnanense Anderson, 1878
- Diploderma zhaoermii Goa & Hou, 2002
Nota bene: a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Diploderma.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Diploderma at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 October 2018.