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Diploderma yulongense

Diploderma yulongense is a species of lizard found in the Chinese province of Yunnan. It was first collected in 1914, but not recorded again in the wild until 2012, when it was described based on the original and new specimens.

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Diploderma yulongense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Diploderma
Species:
D. yulongense
Binomial name
Diploderma yulongense
(Manthey, Denzer, Hou & Wang, 2012)
Synonyms
  • Japalura yulongensis Manthey, Denzer, Hou & Wang, 2012

Diploderma yulongense is a species of lizard found in the Chinese province of Yunnan.1 It was first collected in 1914, but not recorded again in the wild until 2012, when it was described based on the original and new specimens.23

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References

  1. "Diploderma yulongense". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
  2. Wang, Kai; Ren, Jinlong; Jiang, Ke; Yuan, Zhiyong; Che, Jing & Siler, Cameron D. (2017). "Rediscovery of the enigmatic Mountain Dragon, Japalura yulongensis (Reptilia: Sauria: Agamidae), with notes on its natural history and conservation". Zootaxa. 4318 (2): 351–363. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4318.2.8. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
  3. Pskhun (2017-09-07). "Species New to Science: [Herpetology • 2017] Rediscovery of the Enigmatic Mountain Dragon, Japalura yulongensis (Sauria: Agamidae), with Notes on Its Natural History and Conservation". Species New to Science. Retrieved 2018-10-31.