Diploderma grahami, also known commonly as Graham's japalure, is species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to China.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Diploderma |
| Species: | D. grahami
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| Binomial name | |
| Diploderma grahami | |
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Etymology edit
The specific name, grahami, is in honor of American Christian missionary, the Rev. Dr. David Crockett Graham, who collected natural history specimens in China.[3]
Geographic range edit
D. grahami is found in the Chinese province of Sichuan.[1][2]
Habitat edit
Reproduction edit
References edit
- ^ a b Wang, Y.; Rao, D.Q. (2019). "Diploderma grahami ". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019. IUCN: e.T170405A127945216. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T170405A127945216.en. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f Species Diploderma grahami at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Japalura grahami, p. 105).
Further reading edit
- Inger RF (1960). "A Review of the Agamid Lizards of the Genus Phoxophrys Hubrecht". Copeia 1960 (3): 221–225. (Japalura grahami, new combination, p. 221).
- Pope CH (1935). The Reptiles of China: Turtles, Crocodilians, Snakes, Lizards. (Volume X of the Natural History of Central Asia series, Edited by Chester A. Reeds). New York: American Museum of Natural History. lii + 640 pp., 28 figures, Plates I–XXVII. (Phoxophrys grahami, p. 465).
- Stejneger L (1924). "Herpetological novelties from China". Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History 5: 119–121. (Phoxophrys grahami, new species, p. 120).
- Wang K, Che J, Lin S, Deepak V, Datta-Roy A, Jiang K, Jin J, Chen H, Siler CD (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 grahami, new combination, p. 259).
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