Japalura major
Appearance
Japalura major | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Agamidae |
Genus: | Japalura |
Species: | J. major
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Binomial name | |
Japalura major (Jerdon, 1870)
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Synonyms | |
Oreocalotes major Jerdon, 1870 |
Japalura major (large mountain lizard or greater forest agama) is an agamid lizard found in northern India and Nepal. It lives at elevations up to 2,600 metres (8,500 ft).[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Japalura major at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 6 January 2018.
Further reading
[edit]- 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.