Diploderma dymondi

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

Diploderma dymondi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Diploderma
Species:
D. dymondi
Binomial name
Diploderma dymondi
(Boulenger, 1906)[2]
Synonyms[2]
  • Acanthosaura dymondi
    Boulenger, 1906
  • Japalura dymondi
    — M.A. Smith, 1935
  • Diploderma dymondi
    — Wang et al., 2018

Etymology

The specific name, dymondi, is in honor of the Rev. Francis John "Frank" Dymond (1866–1932), who was a Methodist missionary in China.[3]

Geographic range

D. dymondi is found in southern Sichuan Province and northern Yunnan Province, China.[1][2]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of D. dymondi is forest, at altitudes of 2,000–2,500 m (6,600–8,200 ft).[1]

Description

D. dymondi may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of almost 8 cm (3.1 in), with a tail length of 18.5 cm (7.3 in).[4]

Reproduction

D. dymondi is oviparous.[2]

References
  1. Rao, D.-Q. (2019). "Diploderma dymondi ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2019: e.T104667146A104667351. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T104667146A104667351.en. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  2. Species Diploderma dymondi 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 dymondi, p. 79).
  4. Smith MA (1935).

Further reading
  • Boulenger GA (1906). "Descriptions of new Reptiles from Yunnan". Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Seventh Series 17: 567–568. (Acanthosaura dymondi, new species).
  • 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 & Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (Japalura dymondi, new combination, p. 172).
  • Wang K, Che J, Lin S, Deepak V, Aniruddha D, Jiang K, Jin J, Chen H, Siler CD (2018). "Multilocus phylogeny and revised classification for mountain dragons of the genus Japalura s.l. (Reptilia: Agamidae: Draconinae) from Asia". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 185 (1): 246–267. (Diploderma dymondi, new combination).



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