Diploderma grahami

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

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

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]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of D. grahami is forest.[2]

Reproduction

D. grahami is oviparous.[2]

References

  1. Wang, Y.; Rao, D.Q. (2019). "Diploderma grahami ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2019: e.T170405A127945216. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T170405A127945216.en. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  2. 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).

Further reading

  • Inger RF (1960). "A Review of the Agamid Lizards of the Genus Phoxophrys Hubrecht". Copeia 1960 (3): 221–225. (Japalura grahami, new combination, p. 221).
  • Pope CH (1935). The Reptiles of China: Turtles, Crocodilians, Snakes, Lizards. (Volume X of the Natural History of Central Asia series, Edited by Chester A. Reeds). New York: American Museum of Natural History. lii + 640 pp., 28 figures, Plates I–XXVII. (Phoxophrys grahami, p. 465).
  • Stejneger L (1924). "Herpetological novelties from China". Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History 5: 119–121. (Phoxophrys grahami, new species, p. 120).
  • Wang K, Che J, Lin S, Deepak V, Datta-Roy A, 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 grahami, new combination, p. 259).



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