Diploderma

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]

Diploderma
Diploderma polygonatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Subfamily:	Draconinae
Genus:	Diploderma Hallowell, 1861
Species
33, see text.

Diploderma swinhonis

Species

The following 33 species are recognized as being valid:[3][4]

• Diploderma angustelinea Wang, Ren, Wu, Che, Siler, 2021
• Diploderma aorun Wang, Jiang, Zheng, Xie, Che, Siler, 2021
• Diploderma batangense (Li et al., 2001)
• Diploderma brevicaudum (Manthey, Denzer, Hou & X. Wang, 2012)
• Diploderma brevipes (Gressitt, 1936)
• Diploderma chapaense (Bourret, 1937)
• Diploderma drukdaypo K. Wang, Ren, Jiang, Zou, Wu, Che & Siler, 2019
• Diploderma dymondi (Boulenger, 1906)
• Diploderma fasciatum (Mertens, 1926)
• Diploderma flaviceps (Barbour & Dunn, 1919)
• Diploderma flavilabre Wang, Che, Siler, 2021
• Diploderma grahami (Stejneger, 1924)
• Diploderma hamptoni (M.A. Smith, 1935)
• Diploderma iadinum (K. Wang, Jiang, Siler & Che, 2016)
• Diploderma laeviventre (K. Wang, Jiang, Siler & Che, 2016)
• Diploderma luei (Ota, S. Chen & Shang, 1998)
• Diploderma makii (Ota, 1989)
• Diploderma menghaiense Liu, Hou, Wang, Ananjeva, & Rao, 2020
• Diploderma micangshanense (Song, 1987)
• Diploderma ngoclinense (Ananjeva, Orlov & Nguyen, 2017)
• Diploderma panchi Wang, Zheng, Xie, Che, Siler, 2021
• Diploderma panlong Wang, Che, Siler, 2021
• Diploderma polygonatum Hallowell, 1861
• Diploderma qilin Wang, Ren, Che, Siler, 2021
• Diploderma slowinskii (Rao, Vindum, Ma, Fu & Wilkinson, 2017)
• Diploderma splendidum (Barbour & Dunn, 1919)
• Diploderma swild Wang, Wu, Jiang, J. Chen, Miao, Siler & Che, 2019
• Diploderma swinhonis (Günther, 1864)
• Diploderma varcoae (Boulenger, 1918)
• Diploderma vela (K. Wang, Jiang, Pan, Hou, Siler & Che, 2015)
• Diploderma yulongense (Manthey, Denzer, Hou & X. 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

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. Diploderma at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 18 October 2018.
4. Wang, Kai; Ren, Jinlong; Wu, Jiawei; Jiang, Ke; Jin, Jieqiong; Hou, Shaobing; Zheng, Puyang; Xie, Feng; Siler, Cameron D.; Che, Jing (2021). "Systematic revision of mountain dragons (Reptilia: Agamidae: Diploderma) in China, with descriptions of six new species and discussion on their conservation". Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research. 59 (1): 222–263. doi:10.1111/jzs.12414. ISSN 1439-0469.

Further reading

• Hallowell E (1861). "Report upon the Reptilia of the North Pacific Exploring Expedition, under command of Capt. John Rogers, U. S. N." Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12: 480-510. (Diploderma, new genus, p. 490; D. polygonatum, new species, pp. 490-491).