''Japalura major'' (large mountain lizard or greater forest agama) is an
agamid lizard found in northern
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
and
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
. It lives at elevations up to .
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References
Further reading
* Jamdar, N. 1985. A note on the habits and breeding of the lizard ''Japalura major''. ''J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc.'' 82: 420-421
* Jerdon, T. C. 1870. Notes on Indian herpetology. ''P. Asiatic Soc. Bengal'' March 1870: 66–85.
* Smith, M. A. 1935. ''Reptiles and Amphibia, Vol. II.'' In: ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma.'' Taylor and Francis, London, 440 pp.
Japalura
Reptiles of India
Reptiles of Nepal
Taxa named by Thomas C. Jerdon
Reptiles described in 1870
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