Japalura andersoniana
| Japalura andersoniana | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Subfamily: | Draconinae |
| Genus: | Japalura |
| Species: | J. andersoniana |
| Binomial name | |
| Japalura andersoniana Annandale, 1905 | |
Japalura andersoniana is an agamid lizard endemic to eastern India and China.
Etymology
The specific name, andersoniana, is in honor of Scottish zoologist John Anderson.[1]
References
- ↑ Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M. 2011. The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Japalura andersoniana, p. 8).
Further reading
- Annandale N. 1905. "Contributions to Oriental Herpetology. II.—Notes on the Oriental Lizards in the Indian Museum, with a List of the Species recorded from British India and Ceylon. Part I." J. Proc. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, New Series [Series 2] 1: 81-93 + Plates I-II. (Japalura andersoniana, new species, pp. 85–86 + Plate II, figure 4).
- 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 andersoniana, p. 173).
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