Diploderma

Diploderma is a genus of lizards in the family Agamidae. Species of Diploderma are native to Myanmar, China, Vietnam, Taiwan, and Japan. Most of the species are found in China,^[1] including many endemics.^[2][3]

Diploderma
Diploderma polygonatum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Subfamily:	Draconinae
Genus:	Diploderma Hallowell, 1861
Species
46, see text.

Diploderma swinhonis

Species

The following 48 species are recognized as being valid:^[3][4]

• Diploderma angustelinea K. Wang, Ren, J. Wu, Che & Siler, 2020 – narrow-striped mountain dragon
• Diploderma aorun K. Wang, Jiang, Zheng, Xie, Che & Siler, 2020 – Aorun mountain dragon
• Diploderma batangense (C. Li, Deng, Y. Wu & Y. Wang, 2001)
• Diploderma bowoense K. Wang, Gao, J. Wu, Siler & Che, 2021 – Bowo mountain dragon
• Diploderma brevicauda (Manthey, Denzer, Hou & X. Wang, 2012)
• Diploderma brevipes (Gressitt, 1936) – short-legged japalure
• Diploderma chapaense (Bourret, 1937)
• Diploderma daduense Cai, Liu & Chang, 2024^[5]
• Diploderma danbaense Liu, Hou, Ananjeva, & Rao, 2023
• Diploderma daochengense Cai, Zhang, Li, Du, Xie, Hou, Zhou, & Jiang, 2022 – Daocheng mountain lizard
• Diploderma donglangense Liu, Hou, Ananjeva, & Rao, 2023
• Diploderma drukdaypo K. Wang, Ren, Jiang, Zou, J. Wu, Che & Siler, 2019 – dwarf mountain dragon
• Diploderma dymondi (Boulenger, 1906) – Dymond's japalure
• Diploderma fasciatum (Mertens, 1926) – banded japalure
• Diploderma flaviceps (Barbour & Dunn, 1919) – Szechwan japalure
• Diploderma flavilabre K. Wang, Che & Siler, 2020 – yellow-lipped mountain dragon
• Diploderma formosgulae K. Wang, Gao, J. Wu, Dong, Shi, Qi, Siler & Che, 2021 – vibrant-gulared mountain dragon
• Diploderma grahami (Stejneger, 1924) – Graham's japalure
• Diploderma hamptoni (M.A. Smith, 1935) – Hampton's japalure
• Diploderma iadinum (K. Wang, Jiang, Siler & Che, 2016) – emerald mountain dragon
• Diploderma jiulongense Liu, Hou, Ananjeva, & Rao, 2023
• Diploderma kangdingense Cai, Zhang, Li, Du, Xie, Hou, Zhou, & Jiang, 2022 – Kangding mountain lizard
• Diploderma laeviventre (K. Wang, Jiang, Siler & Che, 2016) – smooth-venter mountain dragon
• Diploderma limingense Liu, Hou, Rao, & Ananjeva, 2022
• Diploderma luei (Ota, S. Chen & Shang, 1998)
• Diploderma makii (Ota, 1989) – Ota's japalure
• Diploderma menghaiense Liu, Hou, J. Wang, Ananjeva & Rao, 2020 – Menghai mountain lizard
• Diploderma micangshanense (Song, 1987)
• Diploderma ngoclinense (Ananjeva, Orlov & Nguyen, 2017)
• Diploderma panchi K. Wang, Zheng, Xie, Che & Siler, 2020 – Panchi mountain dragon
• Diploderma panlong K. Wang, Che, Siler, 2020 – Pan Long mountain dragon
• Diploderma polygonatum Hallowell, 1861 – Ryukyu japalure, Okinawa tree lizard
• Diploderma qiaojiaense Liu, Hou & Rao, 2024^[6] – Qiaojia mountain dragon
• Diploderma qilin K. Wang, Ren, Che & Siler, 2020 – Qilin mountain dragon
• Diploderma shuoquense Liu, Hou, Rao, & Ananjeva, 2022
• Diploderma slowinskii (Rao, Vindum, Ma, Fu & Wilkinson, 2017)
• Diploderma splendidum (Barbour & Dunn, 1919) – green striped tree dragon, splendid japalure
• Diploderma swild K. Wang, J. Wu, Jiang, J. Chen, Miao, Siler & Che, 2019 – Swild mountain dragon
• Diploderma swinhonis (Günther, 1864) – Taiwan japalure
• Diploderma tachengense Liu, Hou, Ananjeva, & Rao, 2023
• Diploderma varcoae (Boulenger, 1918) – Chinese japalure
• Diploderma vela (K. Wang, Jiang & Che, 2015) – sail mountain lizard, sail japalura
• Diploderma xinlongense Cai, Zhang, Li, Du, Xie, Hou, Zhou, & Jiang, 2022 – Xinlong mountain lizard
• Diploderma yangi K. Wang, Zhang & X. Li, 2022
• Diploderma yongshengense Liu, Hou, Rao, & Ananjeva, 2022
• Diploderma yulongense (Manthey, Denzer, Hou & X. Wang, 2012)
• Diploderma yunnanense (Anderson, 1878) – Yunnan japalure
• Diploderma zhaoermii (Gao & Hou, 2002)

Nota bene: a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Diploderma.