Citation: Midtgaard, Rune. RepFocus - A Survey of the Reptiles of the World. (www.repfocus.dk). Latest update:
October 9th, 2024.




 



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Genus
Japalura

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Western Mountain Agamas, (Himalayan Dragons, Montane Forest Lizards, Mountain Lizards, Japalures)
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Westliche Bergwaldagamen
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Vestlige Bjergagamer
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1853 |  |
Japalura Gray (type species: Japalura variegata Gray 1853) |
1853 |  |
Biancia Gray (type species: Biancia niger Gray 1853; syn. Wermuth 1967) |
1864 |  |
Oriotiaris Günther (type species: Tiaris elliotti Günther 1860; syn. Mahony 2009) |
Contents:
9 species, of which 2 (22.2%) is endemic.
Endemism: 0% 100%
Remarks:
Previously included
Aphaniotis ornata
(e.g., Welch, Cooke & Wright 1990), the genus
Diploderma,
and the species now assigned to
Cristidorsa.
The nominal genus Oriotiaris was revalidated by Kästle & Schleich (1998), but synonymized again with Japalura by Mahony (2009).
Nevertheless, it was still considered valid by Kästle, Rai & Schleich (2013), who apparently overlooked the synonymization, since they did not comment on it.
Distribution:
Bhutan,
China
(Tibet,
Yunnan),
India
(Arunachal Pradesh,
Himachal Pradesh,
Jammu & Kashmir,
Mizoram,
Sikkim,
Uttarakhand,
West Bengal),
Myanmar,
Nepal,
Pakistan.
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Japalura andersoniana

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Dafla Hill Mountain Agama, Dafla Hill Lizard, (Anderson's Mountain Agama)
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Dafla-Bergwaldagame
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Dafla-bjergagam
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1905 |  |
Japalura andersoniana Annandale |

Remarks:
Herein considered occurring in Bhutan, since type locality is on the Bhutan/India border.
Distribution:
Bhutan,
China
(Tibet),
India
(Arunachal Pradesh).
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Japalura austeniana

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Arunachal Mountain Agama, Arunachal Long-headed Agama, Arunachal Agama, Arunachal Lizard, Olive-green Compressed Lizard
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Arunachal-Bergwaldagame
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Arunachal-bjergagam
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1908 |  |
Salea austeniana Annandale |
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Mictopholis austeniana Smith 1935 |
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Pseudocalotes austeniana Mahony 2010 |
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Japalura austeniana Gowande, Bhosale, Phansalkar, Sawant & Mirza 2021 |

Distribution:
Bhutan,
China
(Tibet),
India
(Arunachal Pradesh).
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Japalura dasi

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Agaupani Mountain Agama
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Agaupani-Bergwaldagame
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Agaupani-bjergagam
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2002 |  |
Oriotiaris dasi Shah & Kästle in Schleich & Kästle (eds.) |
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Japalura dasi Mahony 2009 |

Distribution:
Nepal.
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Japalura kumaonensis

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Kumaon Mountain Agama
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Kumaon-Bergwaldagame
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Kumaon-bjergagam
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1907 |  |
Acanthosaura kumaonensis Annandale |
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Japalura kumaonensis Smith 1935 |
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Oriotiaris kumaonensis Kästle & Schleich 1998 |

Remarks:
Records from Tibet (e.g., Zhao & Adler 1993; Rao 2000; Ananjeva, Guo & Wang 2011) refer to tricarinata (Wang, Jiang, Deepak, Abhijit, Hou, Che & Siler 2018).
Hallermann, Ananjeva & Orlov (2001) erroneously reported the species from Uttar Pradesh, but the locality, Molta, is in fact in Uttarakhand.
Distribution:
India
(Uttarakhand),
Nepal,
Pakistan.
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Japalura major

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West Himalayan Mountain Agama, Large Mountain Agama
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Grosse Bergwaldagame
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Vestlig Himalaya-bjergagam
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1870 |  |
Oreocalotes major Jerdon |
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Charasia major Theobald 1876 |
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Acanthosaura major Boulenger 1885 |
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Japalura major Annandale 1907 |
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Oriotiaris major Kästle & Schleich 1998 |

Distribution:
India
(Himachal Pradesh,
Jammu & Kashmir,
Uttarakhand),
Nepal,
Pakistan.
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Japalura mictophola

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Bomdila Mountain Agama
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Bomdila Bergwaldagame
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Bomdila Bjergagam
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2024 |  |
Japalura mictophola Mirza, Gowande, Thackeray, Bhosale, Sawant, Phansalkar & Patel |

Distribution:
India
(Arunachal Pradesh).
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Japalura sagittifera

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Burmese Mountain Agama, Arrow-headed Mountain Agama
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Burmesische Bergwaldagame
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Burmesisk Bjergagam
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1940 |  |
Japalura sagittifera Smith |

Remarks:
Listed for Tibet by Cai, Ji, Wangs, Rao, Huang, Wang, Song, Guo & Jiang (2021), based on Kunte & Manthey (2009), however, the latter reference reports a specimen from Arunachal Pradesh, India,
not from Tibet.
Distribution:
Bhutan,
China
(Yunnan),
India
(Arunachal Pradesh),
Myanmar.
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Japalura tricarinata

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Three-keeled Mountain Agama, Sikkimese Mountain Agama, Cloud Forest Agama
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Dreikiel-Bergwaldagame, Nebelwaldagame
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Trekølet Bjergagam
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1853 |  |
Calotes tricarinatus Blyth |
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Oreotiaris tricarinata Anderson 1871 |
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Charasia tricarinatus Stoliczka 1872 ['1871'?] |
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Acanthosaura tricarinata Boulenger 1885 |
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Japalura tricarinata Smith 1935 |
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Oriotiaris tricarinata Kästle & Schleich 1998 |
1860 |  |
Tiaris elliotti Günther (Wermuth 1967) |

Distribution:
Bhutan,
China
(Tibet),
India
(Sikkim,
West Bengal),
Nepal.
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Japalura variegata

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East Himalayan Mountain Agama, Variegated Mountain Agama
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Vielfarbige Bergwaldagame
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Østlig Himalaya-bjergagam
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1853 |  |
Japalura variegata Gray |
1853 |  |
Biancia niger Gray (Wermuth 1967) |
1870 |  |
Japalura microlepis Jerdon (Wermuth 1967) |
1912 |  |
Japalura bengalensis Annandale (Wermuth 1967) |

Distribution:
Bhutan,
India
(Arunachal Pradesh,
Mizoram,
Sikkim,
West Bengal),
Nepal.
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