Diploderma (Agamidae)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Draconinae
Genus: Diploderma
Species (50): D. angustelinea – D. aorun – D. batangense – D. bowoense – D. brevicauda – D. brevipes – D. chapaense – D. daduense – D. danbaense – D. daochengense – D. donglangense – D. drukdaypo – D. dymondi – D. fasciatum – D. flaviceps – D. flavilabre – D. formosgulae – D. grahami – D. hamptoni – D. iadinum – D. jiulongense – D. kangdingense – D. laeviventre – D. limingense – D. luei – D. makii – D. menghaiense – D. micangshanense – D. nangunhe – D. ngoclinense – D. panchi – D. panlong – D. polygonatum – D. qiaojiaense – D. qilin – D. shuoquense – D. slowinskii – D. splendidum – D. swild – D. swinhonis – D. tachengense – D. varcoae – D. vela – D. xinlongense – D. yangi – D. yongshengense – D. yulongense – D. yunnanense – D. zhaoermii

Name

Diploderma Hallowell, 1861: 490

Type species: Diploderma polygonatum Hallowell, 1861, by monotypy.
Gender: neuter.

References

Primary references

Hallowell, E. [1860] 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. BHL Reference page.

Additional references

Denzer, W., Manthey, U. & Campbell, P.D. 2019. Catalogue of type specimens of the agamid lizard genus Japalura s. l. (Squamata: Agamidae: Draconinae). Zootaxa 4612(1): 109–125. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4612.1.8. Reference page.
Wang, K., Che, J., Lin, S.-M., Deepak, V., Datta-Roy, A., Jiang, K., Jin, J.-Q., Chen, H.-M. & Siler, C.D. 2019. 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. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zly034 Reference page.
Wang, K., Jiang, K., Ren, J.-L., Zou, D., Wu, J.-W., Che, J. & Siler, C.D. 2019. A new species of Dwarf Japalura sensu lato (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) from the upper Mekong River in Eastern Tibet, China, with notes on morphological variation, distribution, and conservation of two congeners along the same river. Zootaxa 4544(4): 505–522. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4544.4.3 Reference page.
Wang, K., Wu, J.-W., Jiang, K., Chen, J.-M., Miao, B.-F., Siler, C.D. & Che, J. 2019. A new species of Mountain Dragon (Reptilia: Agamidae: Diploderma) from the D. dymondi complex in southern Sichuan Province, China. Zoological Research 40(5): 456–465. DOI: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2019.034 Reference page.
Liu, S., Hou, M., Wang, J., Ananjeva, N.B. & Rao, D.-Q. 2020. A New Species of Diploderma (Squamata: Sauria: Agamidae) from Yunnan Province, China. Russian Journal of Herpetology 27(3): 127–148. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2020-27-3-127-148 Reference page.
Wang, K., Ren, J.-L., Wu, J.-W., Jiang, K., Jin, J.-Q., Hou, S.-B., Zheng, P.-Y., Xie, F., Siler, C.D. & Che, J. 2020. 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 Reference page.
Wang, K., Gao, W., Wu, J.-W., Dong, W.-J., Feng, X.-G., Shen, W.-J., Jin, J.-Q., Shi, X.-D., Qi, Y., Siler, C.D. & Che, J. 2021. Two New Species of Diploderma Hallowell, 1861 (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) from the Hengduan Mountain Region in China and Rediscovery of D. brevicaudum (Manthey, Wolfgang, Hou, Wang, 2012). Zootaxa 4941(1): 1–32. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4941.1.1 Reference page.
Cai, B., Zhang, M.-H., Li, J., Du, S.-M., Xie, F., Hou, M., Zhou, H.-M. & Jiang, J.-P. 2022. Three New Species of Diploderma Hallowell, 1861 (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) from the Shaluli Mountains in Western Sichuan, China. Asian Herpetological Research 13(4): 205–223. DOI: 10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.220040 Reference page.
Liu, S., Hou, M., Rao, D-Q. & Ananjeva, N.B. 2022. Three new species of Diploderma Hallowell, 1861 (Squamata, Agamidae) from the Hengduan Mountain Region, south-western China. Zookeys 1131: 1–30. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1131.86644 Reference page.
Wang, K., Zhang, Y.-P. & Li, X.-Q. 2022. A New Species of Diploderma (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) from the upper Salween River in Eastern Tibet, China. Zootaxa 5099(2): 201–220. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5099.2.3 Reference page.
Liu, S., Hou, M., Rao, D-Q. & Ananjeva, N.B. 2023. Four new species of the genus Diploderma Hallowell, 1861 (Squamata, Agamidae) from China. Zookeys 1148: 167–207. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1148.97706 Reference page.
Cai, B., Liu, F.-J., Liang, D., Hou, M., Zhou, H.-M., Zhong, J.-Y., Li, J. & Chang, J. 2024. A New Species of Diploderma (Squamata, Agamidae) from the Valley of Dadu River in Sichuan Province, with a Redescription of Topotypes of D. splendidum from Hubei Province, China. Animals 14(9): 1344. DOI: 10.3390/ani14091344 Reference page.
Liu, S., Hou, M. & Rao, D.-Q. 2024. A New Species of Diploderma Hallowell, 1861 (Reptilia, Squamata, Agamidae) from Northeastern Yunnan Province, China. Taxonomy 4(2): 412–431. DOI: 10.3390/taxonomy4020020 Reference page.
Liu, S., Li, Z.-M., Yang, T., Hou, M., Rao, D.-Q. & Ananjeva, N.B. 2024. A New Species of Diploderma (Squamata: Sauria: Agamidae) from Yunnan Nangunhe National Nature Reserve, China. Russian Journal of Herpetology 31(6): 379–391. DOI: 10.30906/1026-2296-2024-31-6-379-391 Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Diploderma . The Reptile Database. Accessed on 1 April 2022.

Vernacular names

English: Mountain Dragons