Diploderma

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

Diploderma swinhonis

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]}

Species

The following 49 species are recognized as being valid: ^{[3] [4]}

• Diploderma angustelinea K. Wang, Ren, J. Wu, Che & Siler, 2020 – narrow-striped mountain dragon
• Diploderma aorun K. Wang, Jiang, Zheng, Xie, Che & Siler, 2020 – Aorun mountain dragon
• Diploderma batangense (C. Li, Deng, Y. Wu & Y. Wang, 2001)
• Diploderma bifluviale F. Liu, Wu, Zhang, Yang, S. Liu, Chen, Chang, Xie & Cai. 2025 ^[5] - Hengduan mountain dragon
• Diploderma bowoense K. Wang, Gao, J. Wu, Siler & Che, 2021 – Bowo mountain dragon
• Diploderma brevicauda (Manthey, Denzer, Hou & X. Wang, 2012)
• Diploderma brevipes (Gressitt, 1936) – short-legged japalure
• Diploderma chapaense (Bourret, 1937)
• Diploderma daduense Cai, Liu & Chang, 2024 ^[6]
• Diploderma danbaense Liu, Hou, Ananjeva, & Rao, 2023
• Diploderma daochengense Cai, Zhang, Li, Du, Xie, Hou, Zhou, & Jiang, 2022 – Daocheng mountain lizard
• Diploderma donglangense Liu, Hou, Ananjeva, & Rao, 2023
• Diploderma drukdaypo K. Wang, Ren, Jiang, Zou, J. Wu, Che & Siler, 2019 – dwarf mountain dragon
• Diploderma dymondi (Boulenger, 1906) – Dymond's japalure
• Diploderma fasciatum (Mertens, 1926) – banded japalure
• Diploderma flaviceps (Barbour & Dunn, 1919) – Szechwan japalure
• Diploderma flavilabre K. Wang, Che & Siler, 2020 – yellow-lipped mountain dragon
• Diploderma formosgulae K. Wang, Gao, J. Wu, Dong, Shi, Qi, Siler & Che, 2021 – vibrant-gulared mountain dragon
• Diploderma grahami (Stejneger, 1924) – Graham's japalure
• Diploderma hamptoni (M.A. Smith, 1935) – Hampton's japalure
• Diploderma iadinum (K. Wang, Jiang, Siler & Che, 2016) – emerald mountain dragon
• Diploderma jiulongense Liu, Hou, Ananjeva, & Rao, 2023
• Diploderma kangdingense Cai, Zhang, Li, Du, Xie, Hou, Zhou, & Jiang, 2022 – Kangding mountain lizard
• Diploderma laeviventre (K. Wang, Jiang, Siler & Che, 2016) – smooth-venter mountain dragon
• Diploderma limingense Liu, Hou, Rao, & Ananjeva, 2022
• Diploderma luei (Ota, S. Chen & Shang, 1998)
• Diploderma makii (Ota, 1989) – Ota's japalure
• Diploderma menghaiense Liu, Hou, J. Wang, Ananjeva & Rao, 2020 – Menghai mountain lizard
• Diploderma micangshanense (Song, 1987)
• Diploderma ngoclinense (Ananjeva, Orlov & Nguyen, 2017)
• Diploderma panchi K. Wang, Zheng, Xie, Che & Siler, 2020 – Panchi mountain dragon
• Diploderma panlong K. Wang, Che, Siler, 2020 – Pan Long mountain dragon
• Diploderma polygonatum Hallowell, 1861 – Ryukyu japalure, Okinawa tree lizard
• Diploderma qiaojiaense Liu, Hou & Rao, 2024 ^[7] – Qiaojia mountain dragon
• Diploderma qilin K. Wang, Ren, Che & Siler, 2020 – Qilin mountain dragon
• Diploderma shuoquense Liu, Hou, Rao, & Ananjeva, 2022
• Diploderma slowinskii (Rao, Vindum, Ma, Fu & Wilkinson, 2017)
• Diploderma splendidum (Barbour & Dunn, 1919) – green striped tree dragon, splendid japalure
• Diploderma swild K. Wang, J. Wu, Jiang, J. Chen, Miao, Siler & Che, 2019 – Swild mountain dragon
• Diploderma swinhonis (Günther, 1864) – Taiwan japalure
• Diploderma tachengense Liu, Hou, Ananjeva, & Rao, 2023
• Diploderma varcoae (Boulenger, 1918) – Chinese japalure
• Diploderma vela (K. Wang, Jiang & Che, 2015) – sail mountain lizard, sail japalura
• Diploderma xinlongense Cai, Zhang, Li, Du, Xie, Hou, Zhou, & Jiang, 2022 – Xinlong mountain lizard
• Diploderma yangi K. Wang, Zhang & X. Li, 2022
• Diploderma yongshengense Liu, Hou, Rao, & Ananjeva, 2022
• Diploderma yulongense (Manthey, Denzer, Hou & X. Wang, 2012)
• Diploderma yunnanense (Anderson, 1878) – Yunnan japalure
• Diploderma zhaoermii (Gao & 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2212.1.2.
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. S2CID   234110449.
5. Fengjing Liu, Yayong Wu, Jindong Zhang, Guang Yang, Shuo Liu, Xue Chen, Jiang Chang, Qiang Xie and Bo Cai. 2025. A New Species of Diploderma Hallowell, 1861 (Squamata, Agamidae) discovered in the upper Dadu River valley of the Hengduan Mountains, Sichuan, China. ZooKeys. 1251: 17-38. DOI: doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1251.153705
6. Bo Cai, Fengjing Liu, Dong Liang, Mian Hou, Huaming Zhou, Jiayun Zhong, Jing Li and Jiang Chang. 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
7. Shuo Liu, Mian Hou and Dingqi Rao. 2024. A New Species of Diploderma Hallowell, 1861 (Reptilia, Squamata, Agamidae) from Northeastern Yunnan Province, China. Taxonomy. 4(2); 412-431. DOI: doi.org/10.3390/taxonomy4020020

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 Philadelphia12: 480-510. (Diploderma, new genus, p. 490; D. polygonatum, new species, pp. 490-491).