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Japalura
Sign in to saveJapalura is a genus of lizards in the family Agamidae. Species of Japalura are native to Pakistan, India, China, and Myanmar. Many species have been moved to the genus Diploderma.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassSquamata
- FamilyAgamidae
攀蜥屬（学名：Japalura），為蜥蜴亞目飛蜥科下的一屬，體型中等，體側扁，適應性強，適宜養於家中。以小型蛙類與小型無脊椎動物為食，偶爾會攝食植物。忌悶熱與陽光暴曬。 目录 1 辨識特徵 2 分佈地區 3 歷史 4 辭源 5 成員物種 6 參考文獻 辨識特徵 長有鬣鱗，背鱗大小不一。肩前方常有斜行、深色的褶，披細鱗。頭長約為頭寬的1.5倍，吻棱與上睫嵴明顯、顳部微隆起，鼓膜裸露。舌較其他同類短，前端微略分叉。頭部長不到10公分，尾長20公分左右。 分佈地區 本屬物種主要分布於喜馬拉雅南麓，包含巴基斯坦東北側（喜山攀蜥、大攀蜥）、印度北部和東北部（長肢攀蜥、喜山攀蜥、大攀蜥、箭稜攀蜥、三稜攀蜥、變色攀蜥）、尼泊爾（達斯攀蜥、三稜攀蜥、變色攀蜥）、藏南地區、不丹，以及緬甸北部[1]。 歷史 本屬於1853年由Gray等人發表。2018年，奧克拉荷馬大學的王剀博士等人於《林奈學會動物學雜誌》（Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society）提出過去的攀蜥屬（Japalura）並非單系群，其地理分布和親緣關係上都跟其他的樹棲鬣蜥混雜。為了解決物種混亂的問題，王剀等人將該屬拆分為三個屬。原先的攀蜥屬（Japalura）繼續沿用，但是只限用於南亞的類群，並恢復過去的「Diploderma」及建立一新屬稜背蜥屬（Cristidorsa）[1]。 辭源 本屬的學名「Japalura」為拉丁文，源自於印度對於此類蜥蜴的稱呼[1]。 成員物種 本屬目前有7個已知的物種（依學名排列）[1]： 長肢攀蜥 Japalura andersoniana 達斯攀蜥 Japalura dasi 喜山攀蜥 Japalura kumaonensis 大攀蜥（英语：Japalura major） Japalura major 箭稜攀蜥（瑞典语：Japalura sagittifera） Japalura sagittifera 三稜攀蜥（英语：Japalura tricarinata） Japalura tricarinata 變色攀蜥（英语：Japalura variegata） Japalura variegata 參考文獻 ^ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Wang, Kai; Che, Jing; Lin, Simin; Deepak, V.; Aniruddha, Datta-Roy; Jiang, Ke; Jin, Jieqiong; Chen, Hongman; Siler, Cameron D. Multilocus phylogeny and revised classification for mountain dragons of the genus Japalura s.l. (Reptilia: Agamidae: Draconin
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Japalura is a genus of lizards in the family Agamidae. Species of Japalura are native to Pakistan, India, China, and Myanmar. Many species have been moved to the genus Diploderma.
==Species== The following eight species are recognized as being valid: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name !! Distribution |- | ||Japalura andersoniana || Anderson's mountain lizard||southwestern China |- |120px ||Japalura austeniana || Abor Hills agama|| Bhutan and India (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh). |- | ||Japalura dasi || Agaupani mountain lizard, Agaupani forest agama ||Nepal. |- |120px ||Japalura kumaonensis || Kumaon mountain lizard, Kumaon forest agama ||northern India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Tibet (China) |- |120px ||Japalura major || large mountain lizard, greater forest agama ||northern India and Nepal. |- | ||Japalura sagittifera || Burmese japalure ||Myanmar. |- | ||Japalura tricarinata || three-keeled mountain lizard, tricarinate forest agama || India, Nepal, and Tibet (China) |- |120px ||Japalura variegata || variegated mountain lizard, Himalayan dragon ||northern India, Bhutan, and Nepal. |- |} Nota bene: a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Japalura.
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