Biology:Diploderma grahami
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Short description: Species of lizard
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Diploderma |
| Species: | D. grahami
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| Binomial name | |
| Diploderma grahami (Stejneger, 1924)[1]
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Diploderma grahami, also known commonly as Graham's japalure, is species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to China .[1]
Etymology
The specific name, grahami, is in honor of American Christian missionary, the Rev. Dr. David Crockett Graham, who collected natural history specimens in China.[2]
Geographic range
D. grahami is found in the Chinese province of Sichuan.[3][1]
Habitat
The preferred natural habitat of D. grahami is forest.[1]
Reproduction
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Species Diploderma grahami at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org
- ↑ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-1-4214-0135-5. (Japalura grahami, p. 105).
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Further reading
- Inger RF (1960). "A Review of the Agamid Lizards of the Genus Phoxophrys Hubrecht". Copeia 1960 (3): 221–225. (Japalura grahami, new combination, p. 221).
- Pope CH (1935). The Reptiles of China: Turtles, Crocodilians, Snakes, Lizards. (Volume X of the Natural History of Central Asia series, Edited by Chester A. Reeds). New York: American Museum of Natural History. lii + 640 pp., 28 figures, Plates I–XXVII. (Phoxophrys grahami, p. 465).
- Stejneger L (1924). "Herpetological novelties from China". Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Natural History 5: 119–121. (Phoxophrys grahami, new species, p. 120).
- Wang K, Che J, Lin S, Deepak V, Datta-Roy A, Jiang K, Jin J, Chen H, Siler CD (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 185 (1): 246–267. (Diploderma grahami, new combination, p. 259).
Wikidata ☰ Q106695985 entry
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