Biology:Diploderma hamptoni

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Short description: Species of lizard

Diploderma hamptoni
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Diploderma
Species:
D. hamptoni
Binomial name
Diploderma hamptoni
(M.A. Smith, 1935)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Japalura hamptoni
    M.A. Smith, 1935

Diploderma hamptoni, also known commonly as Hampton's japalure, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Myanmar.[1]

Etymology

The specific name, hamptoni, is in honor of Herbert Hampton, collector of the holotype.[2]

Geographic range

D. hamptoni is found in northern Myanmar.[3][1]

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of D. hamptoni is forest.[3]

Behavior

D. hamptoni is diurnal.[3]

Reproduction

D. hamptoni is oviparous.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Species Diploderma hamptoni at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
  2. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN:978-14214-0135-5. (Japalura hamptoni, p. 115).
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Further reading

  • Smith MA (1935). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (Japalura hamptoni, new species, pp. 175–176).
  • Wang K, Che J, Lin S, Deepak V, Datta-Roy A, Jiang K, Jin J, Chen H, Siler CD (2019). "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 hamptoni, new combination).


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