''Japalura andersoniana'', Anderson's mountain lizard, is a
species of
lizard
Lizards are a widespread group of squamate reptiles, with over 7,000 species, ranging across all continents except Antarctica, as well as most oceanic island chains. The group is paraphyletic since it excludes the snakes and Amphisbaenia alt ...
in the
family Agamidae
Agamidae is a family (biology), family of over 300 species of iguanian lizards indigenous to Africa, Asia, Australia, and a few in Southern Europe. Many species are commonly called dragons or dragon lizards.
Overview
phylogenetics, Phylogenetic ...
. The species is native to southern
Asia.
Etymology
The
specific name Specific name may refer to:
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* Specific name (botany), the two-part (bino ...
, ''andersoniana'', is in honor of
Scottish
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*Scottish English
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zoologist John Anderson John Anderson may refer to:
Business
*John Anderson (Scottish businessman) (1747–1820), Scottish merchant and founder of Fermoy, Ireland
* John Byers Anderson (1817–1897), American educator, military officer and railroad executive, mentor of ...
.
Geographic range
''J. andersoniana'' is found in eastern
India, and in the part of southwestern
China
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formerly known as
Tibet.
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Description
''J. andersoniana'' may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of and a total length (including tail) of . It is brown dorsally and ventrally, and the male has a yellow dewlap.[ Smith MA (1935).]
Reproduction
''J. andersoniana'' is oviparous
Oviparous animals are animals that lay their eggs, with little or no other embryonic development within the mother. This is the reproductive method of most fish, amphibians, most reptiles, and all pterosaurs, dinosaurs (including birds), and ...
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References
Further reading
* Annandale N (1905). "Contributions to Oriental Herpetology. II.—Notes on the Oriental Lizards in the Indian Museum, with a List of the Species recorded from British India and Ceylon. Part I." ''Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, New Series'' eries 21: 81-93 + Plates I-II. (''Japalura andersoniana'', new species, pp. 85–86 + Plate II, figure 4).
* Bhosale H, Das A, Manthey U (2013). "''Neue Fundorte und Farbvariationen von ''Japalura andersoniana'' Annandale, 1905 (Sauria: Agamidae: Draconinae)''". ''Sauria'' 35 (3): 55–60. (in German).
* Smith MA (1935). ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria.'' London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (''Japalura andersoniana'', p. 173).
Japalura
Taxa named by Nelson Annandale
Reptiles described in 1905
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