Biology:Diploderma luei
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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. luei
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| Binomial name | |
| Diploderma luei (Ota, Chen & Shang, 1998)[2]
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Diploderma luei is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Taiwan.[3][4]
Geographic range
In Taiwan D. luei has only been found in the mountains of Yilan County and Hualien County at elevations of 900 to 1,800 m (3,000 to 5,900 ft).[5]
Description
The snout-to-vent length (SVL) of D. luei may reach 10 cm (3.9 in); the total length (including the long tail) may reach 27 cm (11 in).[6]
Reproduction
Etymology
The specific name, luei, comes from the name of Taiwanese herpetologist Kuang-Yang Lue, to honor his contributions to the herpetology of Taiwan.[3][5][7]
Conservation status
D. luei is listed as a rare and valuable species in the Taiwan Wildlife Conservation Act[6] similar to Diploderma swinhonis.
References
- ↑ Shang, G. (2019). "Diploderma luei". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2019: e.T29429A127945419. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T29429A127945419.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/29429/127945419. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- ↑ Ota, Hidetoshi; Chen, Szu-Lung; Shang, Gaus (1998). "Japalura luei: a new agamid lizard from Taiwan (Reptilia: Squamata)". Copeia 1998 (3): 649. doi:10.2307/1447794.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Diploderma luei ". http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Diploderma&species=luei. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ↑ Shao KT, ed. "Japalura luei Ota, Chen & Shang, 1998". Catalogue of life in Taiwan. Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. http://taibnet.sinica.edu.tw/eng/taibnet_species_detail.php?name_code=380622. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Error: no
|title=specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in zh,en). Forestry Bureau. May 1997. https://www.forest.gov.tw/File.aspx?fno=18592. Retrieved 12 September 2016. - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 "Japalura luei Ota, Chen & Shang, 1998" (in zh). http://eol.taibif.tw/pages/72194. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ↑ 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 luei, p. 162).
Wikidata ☰ Q5088726 entry
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