Japalura austeniana

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Japalura austeniana
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Japalura
Species:
J. austeniana
Binomial name
Japalura austeniana
(Annandale, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Salea austeniana
    Annandale, 1908
  • Mictopholis austeniana
    M.A. Smith, 1935
  • Pseudocalotes austeniana
    Mahony, 2010
  • Mictopholis austeniana
    Lenz, 2012 [1]

Japalura austeniana, also known commonly as the Abor Hills agama [1] or Annandale's dragon, [2] is a rare species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Asia.

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Etymology

The specific name, austeniana, is in honor of English topographer Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen. [2]

Geographic range

J. austeniana is found in Bhutan and India (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh). [1]

Type locality: "Hills near Harmatti, Assam" [3] (= Dafla Hills, Assam, fide M.A. Smith 1935). [1]

Rediscovery

This species, J. austeniana, was previously known only from its holotype, but was rediscovered in 2006 at Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh. [4]

Description

The holotype of J. austeniana, a female, has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 9 cm (3.5 in). The tail is very long, 23 cm (9.1 in). [3]

Reproduction

J. austeniana is oviparous. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Species Japalura austeniana at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  2. 1 2 Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN   978-1-4214-0135-5. (Mictopholis austeniana, p. 13).
  3. 1 2 Annandale N (1908). "Description of a new Species of Lizard of the Genus Salea from Assam". Records of the Indian Museum2: 37-38. (Salea austeniana, new species).
  4. Athreya R (2006). Eaglenest Biodiversity Project − I (2003–2006): Conservation Resources for Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary. A report submitted to the Forest Department of the Government of Arunachal Pradesh, India, and the Rufford-Maurice-Laing Foundation (UK). Pune, India: Kaati Trust. p. 54. Archived 2010-06-02 at the Wayback Machine

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