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Diploderma (Eastern Mountain Agamas)

(Reptilia: Sauria: Agamidae)

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Diploderma in general

Gao, Z.F.; Zhang, J.; Peng, J.T. 2004. [Observations on the behaviour and reproductive habits of some Japalura species in Sichuan Province, China]. (In Chinese). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 23(3): 274-276.

Jiang, Y.; Hu, Q. 1986. [Studies on Chinese Japalura and comparison of their skulls]. (In Chinese, English summary). Acta Herpetologica Sinica 5(1): 1-4.

Liang, Y.S.; Wang, C.S. 1976. Review of the genus Japalura (Lacertilia: Agamidae) found from Taiwan. Quarterly Journal of the Taiwan Museum 24(1-2): 153-189.

Ota, H. 1991. Taxonomic redefinition of Japalura swinhonis Gunther (Agamidae: Squamata), with a description of a new subspecies of J. polygonata from Taiwan. Herpetologica 47(3): 280-294.

Wang, K.; Che, J.; Lin, S.; Deepak, V.; Datta-Roy, A.; Jiang, K.; Jin, J.; Chen, H.; Siler, C.D. 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 batangense

Deng, L.; Wang, J.; Liu, X.L.; Wang, Y.; Xu, C.; Huang, Q.; Wang, Y. 2010. [Preliminary study on Japalura batangensi hibernation]. (In Chinese). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 29(1): 73-74.

Li, C.; Deng, Q.; Wu, Y.; Wang, Y. 2001. A new species of Japalura from Sichuan (Agamidae Gray. Japa Lura) [sic]. (In Chinese, English summary). Journal of Sichuan Teachers College (Natural History) 22(4): 329-331.

Wu, J.; Gao, Z.F.; Qin, A.M. 2005. [A re-description of Japalura batagensis]. (In Chinese). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 24(3): 344.

Diploderma brevicaudum

Diploderma brevipes

Chou, W.H.; Lin, J.Y. 1992. Notes on clutch size of Japalura brevipes (Reptilia, Agamidae) from Taiwan. Acta Zoologica Taiwanica 3(2): 171-172.

Gressitt, J.L. 1936. New reptiles from Formosa and Hainan. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 49: 117-121.

Huang, W. 1997. Reproductive cycle of the oviparious [oviparous] lizard Japalura brevipes (Agamidae: Reptilia) in Taiwan, Republic of China. Journal of Herpetology 31(1): 22-29.

Ota, H. 1989. Japalura brevipes Gressitt (Agamidae: Reptilia), a valid species from a high altitude area of Taiwan. Herpetologica 45(1): 55-60.

Diploderma chapaense

Bourret, R. 1937. Notes herpétologiques sur l'Indochine francaise. XV. Lezards et serpents recus au laboratoire des sciences naturelles de l'université au cours de l'année 1937. Bulletin General de l'Instruction Publique (Hanoi) 17(4) (annexe): 57-80.

Ota, H. 1989. The status of an agamid lizard, Japalura swinhonis chapaensis Bourret, 1937, from Vietnam. Journal of Herpetology 23(4): 447-450.

Ota, H.; Weidenhöfer, T. 1992. The first male specimen of the poorly known agamid lizard Japalura chapaensis Bourret, 1937 (Reptilia: Sauria), from northern Vietnam, with notes on its taxonomic status. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 40(2): 193-199.

Diploderma dymondi

Boulenger, G.A. 1906. Descriptions of new reptiles from Yunnan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Ser. 7) (London) 17: 567-568.

Deng, Q.; Jiang, Y. 1988. [Notes on Japalura dymondi (Boulenger) from China]. (In Chinese). Acta Herpetologica Sinica 1988(2): 149-150.

Diploderma fasciatum

Chen, Y. 1992. [A new record of Japalura szechwanensis in Qingchengshan, Sichuan. pp. 142]. (In Chinese). In: Jiang, Y. (ed.). Collected papers on herpetology. Sichuan Publishing House of Science and Technology, Chengdu. 157 pp.

Deng, X.; Ye, Y. 1996. [Faunal analysis and survey on lizard in Hunan Province]. (In Chinese, English summary). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 15(1): 15-18.

Kuhnel, K.D.; Kabisch, K.; Herrmann, H.J. 1995. Freilandbeobachtung von drei Arten der Gattung Japalura (Reptilia: Agamidae) in Sichuan und Yunnan (China). Sauria (Berlin) 17(4): 31-37.

Ota, H. 2000. Japalura szechwanensis, a junior synonym of J. fasciata. Journal of Herpetology 34(4): 611-614.

Wang, X.; Chen, W.; Wang, Z.; Gao, Z.; Wu, G. 1987. [Studies on the karyotypes of Japalura szechwanensis and J. flaviceps]. (In Chinese, English summary). Acta Herpetologica Sinica 6(1): 9-11.

Wen, Y. 1984. [A new record of lizards from Guangxi]. (In Chinese). Acta Herpetologica Sinica 3(1): 24.

Zhao, E.; Gao, Z. 1989. [Preliminary observations on ecology of Japalura szechwanensis]. (In Chinese, English summary). Chinese Wildlife 1989(6): 70-72.

Diploderma flaviceps

Barbour, T.; Dunn, E.R. 1919. Two new Chinese Japaluras. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 7: 16-19.

Kuhnel, K.D.; Kabisch, K.; Herrmann, H.J. 1995. Freilandbeobachtung von drei Arten der Gattung Japalura (Reptilia: Agamidae) in Sichuan und Yunnan (China). Sauria (Berlin) 17(4): 31-37.

Sichuan Biological Research Institute, Herpetological Department 1977. [A survey of reptiles in Xizang autonomous region, with faunal analysis and descriptions of new forms]. (In Chinese). Acta Zoologica Sinica 23(1): 64-71.

Wang, X.; Chen, W.; Wang, Z.; Gao, Z.; Wu, G. 1987. [Studies on the karyotypes of Japalura szechwanensis and J. flaviceps]. (In Chinese, English summary). Acta Herpetologica Sinica 6(1): 9-11.

Diploderma iadinum

Wang, K.; Jiang, K.; Zou, D.H.; Yan, F.; Siler, C.D.; Che, J. 2016. Two new species of Japalura (Squamata: Agamidae) from the Hengduan Mountain Range, China. Zoological Research 37(1): 41-56.

Diploderma laeviventre

Wang, K.; Jiang, K.; Zou, D.H.; Yan, F.; Siler, C.D.; Che, J. 2016. Two new species of Japalura (Squamata: Agamidae) from the Hengduan Mountain Range, China. Zoological Research 37(1): 41-56.

Diploderma luei

Ota, H.; Chen, S.L.; Shang, G. 1998. Japalura luei: a new agamid lizard from Taiwan (Reptilia: Squamata). Copeia 1998(3): 649-656.

Diploderma makii

Ota, H. 1989. A new species of Japalura (Agamidae: Lacertilia: Reptilia) from Taiwan. Copeia 1989(3): 569-576.

Diploderma micangshanense

Gao, Z.; & al. 2001. [Japalura micangshanensis - a new record of reptile in Sichuan]. (In Chinese). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 20(1): 27.

Li, C.; Li, S.; Wang, Y.; Zhang, T. 2000. [Herpetological survey of southern Gansu Province, China]. (In Chinese, English summary). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 19(2): 74-76.

Li, S.; Li, C.; Wang, Y. 2000. [Japalura micangshanensis - a new agamid record in Gansu Province]. (In Chinese). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 19(3): 156-157.

Song, M. 1987. [Survey of the reptiles of southern Shaanxi]. (In Chinese, English summary). Acta Herpetologica Sinica 6(1): 59-64.

Zhao, H.P.; Wang, H.L.; Lu, J.Q. 2012. [Japalura micangshanensis: a lizard new to Henan Province, China]. (In Chinese). Chinese Journal of Zoology 47(3): 129-131.

Diploderma ngoclinense

Ananjeva, N.B.; Orlov, N.L.; Nguyen, T.T. 2017. A new species of Japalura (Agamidae: Lacertilia: Reptilia) from Central Highland, Vietnam. Asian Herpetological Research 8(1): 14-21.

Diploderma polygonatum

Haupt, J. 1978. Aus der Tierwelt der Ryu-Kyu-Inseln. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin (N.F.) 18: 20-22.

Jono, T.; Kawamura, T.; Koda, R. 2013. Invasion of Yakushima Island, Japan, by the subtropical lizard Japalura polygonata polygonata (Squamata: Agamidae). Current Herpetology 32(2): 142-149.

Kästle, W.; Schleich, H.H.; Shah, K.B. 1993. Contributions to the biology of Japalura tricarinata and J. polygonata (Sauria: Agamidae). Part 2. Behaviour patterns in Japalura tricarinata (Blyth, 1853) and J. polygonata (Hallowell, 1861), (Sauria: Agamidae). Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 90(2): 226-255, 261.

Komaya, R. 1994. Captive breeding of the Sakishima agamid Japalura polygonata ishigakiensis. Animals and Zoos 46(12) 538: 446-449.

Kuo, C.Y.; Lin, Y.S.; Lin, Y.K. 2007. Resource use and morphology of two sympatric Japalura lizards (Iguania: Agamidae). Journal of Herpetology 41(4): 713-723.

Norval, G.; Huang, S.C.; Mao, J.J.; Goldberg, S.R. 2012. Notes on some dietary items of Eutropis longicaudata (Hallowell, 1857), Japalura polygonata xanthostoma Ota, 1991, Plestiodon elegans (Boulenger, 1887), and Sphenomorphus indicus (Gray, 1853) from Taiwan. Herpetology Notes 5: 453-456.

Ota, H. 1991. Taxonomic redefinition of Japalura swinhonis Gunther (Agamidae: Squamata), with a description of a new subspecies of J. polygonata from Taiwan. Herpetologica 47(3): 280-294.

Ota, H. 2003. A new subspecies of the agamid lizard, Japalura polygonata (Hallowell, 1861) (Reptilia: Squamata), from Yonagunijima Island of the Yaeyama Group, Ryukyu Archipelago. Current Herpetology 22(2): 61-71.

Ota, H.; Hikida, T. 1983. [Notes on the geographic variation in Japalura polygonata in the Ryukyu Islands]. (In Japanese). (Abstract). Japanese Journal of Herpetology 10(2): 48.

Ota, H.; Hoshino, I.; Sueyoshi, T. 2006. Colonization by the subtropical lizard, Japalura polygonata polygonata (Squamata: Agamidae), in southeastern Kyushu, Japan. Current Herpetology 25(1): 29-34.

Tanaka, S. 1986. Thermal ecology of the forest-dwelling agamid lizard, Japalura polygonata ishigakiensis. Journal of Herpetology 20(3): 333-340.

Watari, Y. 2009. [Egg-laying behavior of the Okinawan Tree Lizard (Japalura polygonata polygonata) in the field]. (In Japanese). Bulletin of the Herpetological Society of Japan 2009(2): 133-136.

Diploderma slowinskii

Rao, D.; Vindum, J.V.; Ma, X.; Fu, M.; Wilkinson, J.A. 2017. A new species of Japalura (Squamata, Agamidae) from the Nu River Valley in southern Hengduan Mountains, Yunnan, China. Asian Herpetological Research 8(2): 86-95.

Diploderma splendidum

Anonymous. 2014. [Thermal biology of Japalura splendida]. (In Chinese). Guangxi Shifan Daxue Xuebao Ziran Kexue Ban 32(2): 147-153.

Barbour, T.; Dunn, E.R. 1919. Two new Chinese Japaluras. Proceedings of the New England Zoological Club 7: 16-19.

Gressitt, J.L. 1936. New reptiles from Formosa and Hainan. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 49: 117-121.

Laue, E. 2005. Zur Haltung und Vermehrung der Chinesischen Bergagame Japalura splendida Barbour Dunn, 1919. Elaphe 13(1): 20-30.

Laue, E. 2007. Die Chinesische Bergagame Japalura splendida. Vivaria-Verlag, Meckenheim. 95 pp.

Laue, E. 2009. Erfahrungen mit Krankheiten und Verlusten bei der langjährigen Pflege und Nachzucht der Chinesischen Bergagame Japalura splendida, veranschaulicht durch drei Fallbeispiele. Iguana Rundschreiben 22(1): 21-30.

Lin, Z.H. 2004. [Sexual dimorphism in head and body size and the growth during reproductive period in the lizard, Japalura splendida]. (In Chinese, English summary). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 23(3): 277-280.

Schradin, H. 2004. Haltung und Nachzucht der Chinesischen Bergagame (Japalura splendida). Reptilia (D) 9(49): 56-66.

Wang, G.; Gao, Z.F.; Yu, P.J.; Zhao, E.M. 2007. [Behaviour of Japalura splendida under artificial feeding condition]. (In Chinese, English summary). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 26(4): 834-836.

Diploderma swinhonis

Blok, J. 1973. Belevenissen met een kleine agame von Formosa, Japalura swinhonisii. Lacerta 31(6): 102-104.

Cheng, H.Y. 1987. A review on annual reproductive and energetic patterns of five taxa of lizards in Taiwan for ten years. Proceedings of the National Science Council Republic of China Part B Life Sciences 11(3): 313-321.

Cheng, H.Y.; Lin, J.I. 1977. Comparative reproductive biology of the lizards Japalura swinhonis formosensis, Takydromus septentrionalis and Hemidactylus frenatus in Taiwan. 1. Male reproductive cycle. Bulletin of the Institute of Zoology Academia Sinica (Taipei) 16(2): 107-121.

Chou, W. 2017. Natural history notes: Buergeria robusta (Robust Buerger's Frog). Diet. Herpetological Review 48(4): 830.

Chou, W.H. 1996. Observations on the postovipositional behavior of the Taiwanese agamid lizard, Japalura swinhonis (Squamata: Reptilia). Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural Science (Taichung) 7: 107-112.

Huang, W.S. 2007. Ecology and reproductive patterns of the agamid lizard Japalura swinhonis on an east Asian island, with comments on the small clutch sizes of island lizards. Zoological Science (Tokyo) 24(2): 181-188.

Jun-yi, L. 1979. Ovarian, fat body and liver cycles in the lizard Japalura swinhonis formosensis in Taiwan (Lacertilia: Agamidae). Journal of Asian Ecology 1: 29-38.

Kato, H.; Hosoda, A.; Oba, S.; Etoh, H. 2010. [Record of the Swinhoe's Tree Lizard, Japalura swinhonis Günther (Squamata, Agamidae) from Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan]. (In Japanese). Bulletin of the Biogeographical Society of Japan 65: 9-12.

Kuo, C.Y.; Lin, Y.S.; Lin, Y.K. 2007. Resource use and morphology of two sympatric Japalura lizards (Iguania: Agamidae). Journal of Herpetology 41(4): 713-723.

Kuo, C.Y.; Lin, Y.T.; Lin, Y.S. 2009. Sexual size and shape dimorphism in an agamid lizard, Japalura swinhonis (Squamata: Lacertilia: Agamidae). Zoological Studies 48(3): 351-361.

Laue, E. 2011. Zur Haltung and Vermehrung von Japalura swinhonis Günther, 1864 im Terrarium. Sauria (Berlin) 33(1): 13-20.

Lin, J.I. 1978. Reproductive biology, and seasonal fat body and liver cycles in the Taiwan tree dragon: Japalura swinhonis formosensis. Biological Bulletin Department of Biology College of Science Tunghai University 49: 1-12.

Lin, J.Y.; Cheng, H.Y. 1986. Annual reproductive and lipid storage patterns of agamid lizard, Japalura swinhonis mitsukurii in southern Taiwan. Bulletin of the Institute of Zoology Academia Sinica (Taipei) 25(1): 13-23.

Lin, J.Y.; Lu, K.H. 1982. Population ecology of the lizard Japalura swinhonis formosensis (Sauria: Agamidae) in Taiwan. Copeia 1982(2): 425-434.

Lou, S.K.; Lin, J.Y. 1983. Biochemical systematics of the genus Japalura (Sauria: Agamidae) in Taiwan. Bulletin of the Institute of Zoology Academia Sinica (Taipei) 22(1): 91-104.

Norval, G.; Huang, S.C.; Mao, J.J.; Goldberg, S.R.; Slater, K. 2012. Additional notes on the diet of Japalura swinhonis (Agamidae) from southwestern Taiwan, with comments about its dietary overlap with the sympatric Anolis sagrei (Polychrotidae). Basic and Applied Herpetology 26: 87-97.

Norval, G.; Jean-Jay, M.; Slater, K. 2011. Notes on the reproduction of the Swinhoe's tree lizard, Japalura swinhonis Gunther, 1864, (Squamata: Agamidae) from southwestern Taiwan. Herpetology Notes 4: 319-324.

Norval, G.; Mayo, J.J. 2008. Ein Fall einer Japalura swinhonis als Beute von Lycodon ruhstrati ruhstrati im Chiayi County, Taiwan. Sauria (Berlin) 30(3): 43-45.

Ota, H. 1988. Karyotypic differentiation in an agamid lizard, Japalura swinhonis swinhonis. Experientia (Basel) 44(1): 66-68.

Ota, H. 1988. Re-evaluation of the status of Japalura mitsukurii Stejneger 1898 (Reptilia: Agamidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 9(4): 375-383.

Ota, H. 1991. Taxonomic redefinition of Japalura swinhonis Gunther (Agamidae: Squamata), with a description of a new subspecies of J. polygonata from Taiwan. Herpetologica 47(3): 280-294.

Ota, H. 2000. On the validity of Japalura yunnanensis popei Wettstein, 1938 (Squamata: Agamidae). Amphibia-Reptilia 21(3): 397-403.

Tseng, H.Y.; Lin, C.P.; Hsu, J.Y.; Pike, D.A.; Huang, W.S. 2014. The functional significance of aposematic signals: geographic variation in the responses of widespread lizard predators to colourful invertebrate prey. PLoS ONE 9(3): e91777.

Wang, C.M.; Hsu, J.Y.; Huang, W.S. 2014. Natural history notes: Japalura swinhonis (Swinhole's Japalura) and Takydromus sauteri (Sauter's Grass Lizard). Predation. Herpetological Review 45(3): 501-502.

Wei, S.Y.; Lin, J.y. 1981. [Behavioral study of Japalura swinhonis formosensis (Sauria: Agamidae)]. (In Japanese, English summary). Biological Bulletin Department of Biology College of Science Tunghai University 56: 33-48.

Wettstein, O. von 1938. Eine neue Japalura aus Cambodia. Zoologischer Anzeiger 122: 175-177.

Diploderma varcoae

Kuhnel, K.D.; Kabisch, K.; Herrmann, H.J. 1995. Freilandbeobachtung von drei Arten der Gattung Japalura (Reptilia: Agamidae) in Sichuan und Yunnan (China). Sauria (Berlin) 17(4): 31-37.

Diploderma yulongense

Manthey, U.; Denzer, W.; Hou, M.; Wang, X. 2012. Discovered in historical collections: two new Japalura species (Squamata: Sauria: Agamidae) from Yulong Snow Mountains, Lijiang Prefecture, Yunnan, PR China. Zootaxa 3200: 27-48.

Wang, K.; Ren, J.; Jiang, K.; Yuan, Z.; Che, J.; Siler, C.D. 2017. Rediscovery of the enigmatic Mountain Dragon, Japalura yulongensis (Reptilia: Sauria: Agamidae), with notes on its natural history and conservation. Zootaxa 4318(2): 351–363.

Diploderma yunnanense

Jiang, Y. 1992. [Note on Japalura yunnanensis]. (In Chinese). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 11(4): 31-32.

Manthey, U.; Denzer, W. 2012. Bemerkungen zur Verbreitung von Japalura yunnanensis Anderson, 1878 (Squamata: Agamidae: Draconinae). Sauria (Berlin) 34(2): 35-40.

Diploderma zhaoermii

Gao, Z.F.; Hou, M. 2002. [Description of a new Japalura species from western Sichuan Province, China]. (In Chinese, English summary). Sichuan Journal of Zoology 21(1): 3-5.