Japalura major

Japalura major

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Subordo: Lacertilia Infraordo: Iguania Parvordo: Acrodonta

Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Draconinae
Genus: Japalura
Species: Japalura major

Name

• Japalura major (Jerdon, 1870)

Holotype: BMNH 1946.8.14.7, ♀, collected by T. Jerdon.

Type locality: “valley of the Sutlej near Kotegurh”, Himachal Pradesh, India.

Combinations

• Oreocalotes major Jerdon, 1870: 77 [original combination]
• Acanthosaura major — Boulenger, 1885: 306 [subsequent combination]
• Japalura major — Smith, 1935: 171 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Jerdon, T.C. 1870. Notes on Indian Herpetology. Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 1870: 66–85. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Uetz, P., Freed, P., Aguilar, P., Reyes, R., Kudera, F. & Hošek, J. (eds.) 2025. Japalura major. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 9 February 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Large Mountain Lizard