Japalura dasi (SHAH & KÄSTLE, 2002)

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Higher Taxa	Agamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Agaupani mountain lizard, Agaupani forest agama G: Agaupani Bergwaldagame Nepali: Agaupani jangali cheparo, hariyo cheparo
Synonym	Oriotiaris dasi SHAH & KÄSTLE in SCHLEICH & KÄSTLE 2002 Japalura dasi — MAHONY 2009 Oriotiaris dasi — KÄSTLE et al. 2013: 425 Japalura dasi — WANG et al. 2018
Distribution	Nepal Type locality: “in and near Agaupani, Bajhura District, Far Western Nepal”, 29° 26’ 54’’ N, 81° 36’ 11’’ E.
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Holotype: ZSM 855/2012 (originally SHHS 2001/11, Fuhlrott-Museum Wuppertal); paratypes: Fuhlrott Museum, Wuppertal, Natural History Museum Kathmandu. Paratypes: ZSM 856/2012 (SHHS 2001/12), female; ZSM 857/2012 (SHHS 2001/13), female; both with the same data as the holotype.
Diagnosis	Additional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (379 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment	The genus Oriotiaris has been established by GÜNTHER 1864 but later synonymized with Japalura. See also Japalura tricarinata (BLYTH 1853). Abundance: only known from its original description (Meiri et al. 2017). This is one of the species called 'lost' and 'rediscovered' by Lindken et al. 2024.
Etymology	Named after Indian herpetologist Indraneil Das in recognition of his “outstanding merits for the exploration of the South Asian herpetofauna, and in gratefulness for many years of friendship and collaboration”.
References	Beolens, Bo; Michael Watkins, and Michael Grayson 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, USA - get paper here 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 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 Lindken T.; Anderson, C. V., Ariano-Sánchez, D., Barki, G., Biggs, C., Bowles, P., Chaitanya, R., Cronin, D. T., Jähnig, S. C., Jeschke, J. M., Kennerley, R. J., Lacher, T. E. Jr., Luedtke, J. A., Liu, C., Long, B., Mallon, D., Martin, G. M., Meiri, 2024. What factors influence the rediscovery of lost tetrapod species? Global Change Biology, 30: 1-18 - get paper here Mahony, Stephen 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. Zootaxa 2212: 41–61 - get paper here Manthey U 2010. Agamid Lizards of Southern Asia. Draconinae 2 -Leiolepidinae. Edition Chimaira, Terralog 7b, Frankfurt, 168 pp. Meiri, Shai; Aaron M. Bauer, Allen Allison, Fernando Castro-Herrera, Laurent Chirio, Guarino Colli, Indraneil Das, Tiffany M. Doan, Frank Glaw, Lee L. Grismer, Marinus Hoogmoed, Fred Kraus, Matthew LeBreton, Danny Meirte, Zoltán T. Nagy, Cristiano d 2017. Extinct, obscure or imaginary: the lizard species with the smallest ranges. Diversity and Distributions - get paper here Schleich, H.H. & Kästle, W. (eds.) 2002. Amphibians and Reptiles of Nepal. Koeltz, Königstein, 1200 pp. [review in Reptilia 40: 87] - get paper here 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
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