Japalura sagittifera SMITH, 1940

We have no photos, try to find some by Google images search:

Higher Taxa	Agamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Burmese Japalure G: Burma-Bergwaldagame
Synonym	Japalura sagittifera SMITH 1940: 477 Japalura sagittifera — WERMUTH 1967: 68 Japalura sagittifera — BARTS & WILMS 2003 Japalura sagatiffera [sic] — MAHONY 2009 Japalura sagittifera — MANTHEY 2010 Japalura sagittifera — WANG et al. 2018
Distribution	Myanmar (= Burma), India (Arunachal Pradesh) Type locality: Pangnamdim, Dadung, Upper Myanmar (= Burma)
Reproduction	oviparous
Types	Lectotype: BMNH 1946.8.13.97 (designated by MAHONY 2009), formerly BMNH 1940.6.1.44 (male), type locality: “Pangnamdim, Triangle, Upper Burma”, presented and collected by Ronald Kaulback, between 1937 and 1939. Paralectotypes: NHMUK 1946.8.13.96 (formerly NHMUK 1940.6.1.43), female; NHMUK 1946.8.14.92–99 (formerly NHMUK 1940.6.1.45–50) and NHMUK 1946.8.13.1–2 (formerly NHMUK 1940.6.3.34–49), five males and 5 females, same data as lectotype; NHMUK 1974.844–845, Pangnamdin, 27°42’N 97°54’E (3,000 ft), N. Burma, Putao, Kachin, Myanmar, don. R. Kaulback
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: This species differs from all species of the genus Japalura by the following combination of characters: small size (SVL males 50–53.3 mm, females 56.5–63.9 mm), tail length/SVL ratio 205.1–231.3%, 7–8 SL, 7–8 IL, 53–58 MD, 17–20 4FingLam, 25–27 4ToeLam, tympanum concealed, axillary fold present, nuchal crest, gular fold and gular pouch absent, enlarged keeled dorsal scales present, body shape subquadrangular in cross section, dorsal colouration of males is primarily blue (= green in life) [from MAHONY 2009].
Comment
References	Barts, M. & Wilms, T. 2003. Die Agamen der Welt. Draco 4 (14): 4-23 - 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 KUNTE, K. & U. MANTHEY 2009. Wiederentdeckung von Japalura sagittifera (Sauria: Agamidae) in Arunachal Pradesh, Ost-Himalaya: Ein Erstnachweis für die indische Herpetofauna. Sauria 31 (2): 49-55 - 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. MANTHEY, ULRICH; WOLFGANG DENZER, HOU MIAN & WANG XIAOHE 2012. Discovered in historical collections: Two new Japalura species (Squamata: Sauria: Agamidae) from Yulong Snow Mountains, Lijiang Prefecture, Yunnan, PR China. Zootaxa 3200: 27–48 - get paper here Smith, M.A. 1940. The Amphibians and Reptiles obtained by Mr. Ronald Kaulback in Upper Burma. Records of the Indian Museum 42: 465-486 - 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 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
External links	IUCN Red List Google images

Is it interesting? Share with others:

As link to this species use URL address:

https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Japalura&species=sagittifera

without field 'search_param'. Field 'search_param' is used for browsing search result.

Please submit feedback about this entry to the curator