Diploderma vela

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Draconinae
Genus: Diploderma
Species: Diploderma vela

Name

• Diploderma vela (Wang, Jiang & Che in Wang et al., 2015)

Holotype: KIZ 013801, adult ♂, collected by Ke Jiang and Kai Wang on 23 May 2013.

Type locality: “Quzika of Markam, eastern Tibet, PR China (29°5' N, 98°36' E), at elevation of 2370 m”.

Combinations

• Japalura vela Wang, Jiang & Che in Wang et al., 2015: 160 [original combination]
• Diploderma vela — Wang, Che, Lin, Deepak, Datta-Roy, Jiang, Jin, Chen & Siler, 2018: 259 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Wang, K., Jiang, K., Pan, G., Hou, M., Siler, C.D. & Che, J. 2015. A New Species of Japalura (Squamata: Sauria: Agamidae) from Upper Lancang (Mekong) Valley of Eastern Tibet, China. Asian Herpetological Research 6(3): 159–168. DOI: 10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.140042 Reference page. 
• Wang, K., Che, J., Lin, S.-M., Deepak, V., Datta-Roy, A., Jiang, K., Jin, J.-Q., Chen, H.-M. & Siler, C.D. 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. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zly034 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Denzer, W., Manthey, U. & Campbell, P.D. 2019. Catalogue of type specimens of the agamid lizard genus Japalura s. l. (Squamata: Agamidae: Draconinae). Zootaxa 4612(1): 109–125. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4612.1.8. Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Diploderma vela. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 20 June 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Sail Mountain Lizard