Japalura kumaonensis (ANNANDALE, 1907)

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Higher Taxa	Agamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Kumaon Mountain Lizard, Kumaon forest agama G: Kumaon-Bergwaldagame
Synonym	Acanthosaura kumaonensis ANNANDALE 1907: 152 Acanthosaura major ANNANDALE 1914 (not of JERDON; fide SMITH 1935) Japalura kumaonensis — SMITH 1935: 171 Japalura kumaonensis — SWAN & LEVITON 1962 Japalura kumaonensis — WERMUTH 1967: 66 Japalura kumaonensis — DAS 1996: 44 Japalura cf. kumaonensis — HALLERMANN et al. 2001 Oriotiaris kumaonensis — KÄSTLE et al. 2013: 425 Japalura kumaonensis — WANG et al. 2018
Distribution	N India (W Himalaya, Almorah, Naini Tal, Kumaon), Pakistan (fide Khan, pers. comm.), Nepal Type locality: Naini Tal and Mussoori; restricted to Naini Tal by SMITH 1935.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Syntypes: ZSI 15755 (also given as 13223), Indian Museum 15755; Paratypes: ZSI 13223, female, Mussoorie, coll. N. Annandale, Sept./Oct. 1906; NHMUK 1946.8.13.93 (original number NHMUK 1909.7.12.39), female, Naini Tal, Kumaon, India; NHMUK 1946.8.13.94 (original number NHMUK 1909.7.12.38 = BMNH), male, from Kumaon, Un Prov., India, Asia; both specimens also received from the Indian Museum.
Diagnosis
Comment	Distribution: reports from China (Xizang = Tibet) represent J. tricarinata (Wang et al. 2018).
Etymology	Named after the type locality.
References	ANANJEVA, Natalia B.; Xianguang GUO and Yuezhao WANG 2011. Taxonomic Diversity of Agamid Lizards (Reptilia, Sauria, Acrodonta, Agamidae) from China: A Comparative Analysis. Asian Herpetological Research 2 (3): 117-128 - get paper here Boulenger, G.A., Annandale, N., Wall, F. & Regan, C.T. 1907. Reports on a collection of batrachia, reptiles and fish from Nepal and the western Himalayas. Lacertilia. Records of the Indian Museum 1:149—155 - get paper here Das, Indraneil & Abhijit Das 2017. A Naturalist’s Guide to the Reptiles of India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. John Beaufoy Publishing Ltd., Oxford, 176 pp. DENZER, WOLFGANG; ULRICH MANTHEY, PATRICK D CAMPBELL 2019. Catalogue of type specimens of the agamid lizard genus Japalura s. l. (Squamata: Agamidae: Draconinae). Zootaxa 4612 (1): 109-125 - get paper here Hallermann J., N. B. Ananjeva and N.L.Orlov. 2001. On a remarkable collection of reptiles and amphibians collected by the German Indian Expedition 1955-1958. Russ. J. Herpetol. 8 (1): 25-34 - get paper here Kästle, W. & H. H. SCHLEICH 1998. Contributions to the biology of Japalura kumaonensis (Annandale, 1907). In: Contributions to the herpetology of south-Asia (Nepal, India). pp: 247-268. H. H. Schleich & W. Kästle (Eds). Fuhlrott-Museum, Wuppertal. Kästle , W., Rai, K. & Schleich, H.H. 2013. FIELD GUIDE to Amphibians and Reptiles of Nepal. ARCO-Nepal e.V., 625 pp. - get paper here Khan, M. S. 2014. Herpetology of Pakistan FIELD GUIDE SERIES: Families Agamidae, Chamaeleonidae. Privately published, 39 pp. - get paper here Khan, M.S. 2003. CHECKLIST AND KEY TO THE LIZARDS OF PAKISTAN. Pakistan J. Zool. Suppl. Ser. (1): 1-25 - get paper here Manthey U 2010. Agamid Lizards of Southern Asia. Draconinae 2 -Leiolepidinae. Edition Chimaira, Terralog 7b, Frankfurt, 168 pp. Smith, M.A. 1935. The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Reptiles and Amphibia, Vol. II. Sauria. Taylor and Francis, London, 440 pp. Swan, L.W., & Leviton, A.E. 1962. The herpetology of Nepal: a history, check list, and zoogeographical analysis of the herpetofauna. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. 32 (6) (4.s.): 103-147. - get paper here Venugopal, P.D. 2010. An updated and annotated list of Indian lizards (Reptilia: Sauria) based on a review of distribution records and checklists of Indian reptiles. Journal of Threatened Taxa 2 (3): 725-738. - get paper here Waltner, R.C. 1975. Geographical and altitudinal distribution of amphibians and reptiles in the Himalayas. Cheetal (Dehra Dun, India) 16(1): 17-25; 16(2): 28-36; 16(3): 14-19; 16(4): 12-17. Wang, Kai; Jing Che, Simin Lin, V Deepak, Datta-Roy Aniruddha, Ke Jiang, Jieqiong Jin, Hongman Chen, Cameron D Siler; 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, , zly034, - get paper here Wang, Kai; Ke Jiang, V. Deepak, Das Abhijit, Mian Hou, Jing Che, and Cameron D. Siler 2018. On the Occurrences of Japalura kumaonensis and Japalura tricarinata (Reptilia: Sauria: Draconinae) in China. Herpetologica 74 (2): 181-190. - get paper here
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