Japalura andersoniana Annandale, 1905

Denzer, Wolfgang & Manthey, Ulrich, 2019, Catalogue of type specimens of the agamid lizard genus Japalura s. l. (Squamata: Agamidae: Draconinae), Zootaxa 4612 (1), pp. 109-125 : 113-118

Japalura andersoniana Annandale, 1905

J. Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal (1) 3: 85

Holotype: ZSI 4104, male, Duffla Hills, Assam-Bhutan Frontier, coll. Col. Godwin-Austen

Paratype: NHMUK 1946.8 .13.95 (original number NHMUK 1906.8.10.5), male, Duffla Hills, Assam-Bhutan Frontier, coll. Col. Godwin-Austen

Type locality: Duffla [= Dafla], Assam/ Bhutan border (fide Wermuth 1967)

Remarks: According to Das et al. (1998) ZSI 15755 (from ‘Nainital, 6,600 ft. ’) is also listed as a type for J. andersoniana in the register, but this specimen was fixed by Annandale (1907) as the holotype of J. kumaonensis . As ZSI 15755 was collected by Annandale only in 1906 the specimen cannot possibly have been present in the collection when J. andersoniana was first described.

Japalura batangensis Li, Deng, Wu & Wang, 2001 = Diploderma batangense ( Li, Deng, Wu & Wang, 2001) J. Sich. Teach. Coll. 22 (4): 329

Holotype: STC Ba-98012, adult male, Wangjiao (29°17.6′N, 99°5.2′E), Batang Country , Sichuan, 2,400 m asl, coll. Wu Yi, 9 Aug. 1998

Allotype: STC Ba-98004, adult female; Quxigong Village (29°46.1′N, 99°3.8′E) Batang Country , Sichuan, 4,100 m asl, coll. Wan Yu, 29 July 1998.

Paratypes: STC Ba98010; Ba98014; Ba98017, three males ; STC Ba98015; Ba98016; Ba98018, three females: collected from the same locality as holotype, 5–9 Aug. 1998 .

Type locality: Wangjiao (29°17.6′N, 99°5.2′E), Batang Country, Sichuan, 2,400 m asl, PR China

Japalura bengalensis Annandale, 1912 = Japalura variegata Gray, 1853

Rec. Indian Mus. 8(2): 57, pl. V fig. 4

Holotype: ZSI 12564 female, Buxa , Jalpaiguri district, Bengal frontier of Bhutan

Type locality: Buxa, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India

Remarks: In an earlier publication Annandale (1906: 288) referred to this specimen as a male Japalura yunnanensis . We follow Smith (1935) and consider J. bengalensis conspecific with Japalura variegata .

Japalura brevicauda Manthey, Denzer, Hou & Wang, 2012 = Diploderma brevicauda ( Manthey, Denzer, Hou & Wang, 2012)

Zootaxa 3200: 29

Holotype: AMNH 19879 (formerly a paratype of J. flaviceps ), male, Snow Mt. Village , 2,740 m asl (27°05’N, 100°11’E), 19 km north of Lijiang, coll. R. C. Andrews and E. Heller, Nov. 1916 Paratypes. AMNH 19878 (formerly a paratype of J. flaviceps ), female, temple on a mountain (2,590 m) overlooking Lijiang, coll. R. C. Andrews and E. Heller, 11. Oct. 1916 ; NMW 20853, juvenile, Lijiang , coll. von Handel- Mazzetti, June 1915 ; ZMB 28932, female, eastern slopes of the Yulong Snow Mountains , near Lijiang (ca. 26°53’N, 100°11’E,> 2,500 m asl.), coll. C. Schneider, between July and Oct. 1914

Type locality: Eastern slopes of Yulong Snow Mountains, vicinity of Lijiang, Lijiang Prefecture, Yunnan, PR China

Japalura brevipes Gressit, 1936 = Diploderma brevipes ( Gressitt, 1936)

Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 49: 117

Holotype: CAS 71998, female, Bukai , near Horisha, Central Formosa (altitude 1,200 m), coll. J. L. Gressitt, 16 June 1934

Paratypes: MVZ 19308, female ; MVZ 23357–58 , one female and one juvenile; same locality as the holotype

Type locality: Bukai (Wu-chieh, Wujie), Yilan, Taiwan

Remarks: Gressitt’s (1936) assignment of paratypes is slightly ambiguous. He mentioned three paratypes although he actually lists four: “Three paratypes: two adult females (one in Mus. Vert. Zoöl.) and a juvenile, with the same data; a juvenile specimen from Sakahen, eastern Formosa, alt. 1,100 meters, July 13, 1934 ”. While it appears that only one specimen should be extant in the MVZ collection, their database lists two further specimens with the same collection data as the holotype (MVZ 23357–58, 23357 listed as paratopotype) and one specimen from Sakahen that has been collected by Gressitt on 13 July 1934 (MVZ 23359). As neither the CAS online database nor the handwritten catalogue by Slevin lists further specimens collected by Gressitt we consider MVZ 23357–58 as paratypes. As Gressitt’s statement regarding the number of paratypes is ambiguous we do not list MVZ 23359 as paratype although it was part of the original series collected by Gressitt.

J. brevipes has been treated by most authors as a junior synonym of J. swinhonis since Okada (1937) considered them conspecific. Ota (1989b) revalidated J. brevipes to full species rank. For this work he examined the holotype and a paratype ( MVZ 19308) .

Japalura dasi ( Shah & Kästle, 2002) see Oriotiaris dasi Shah & Kästle in Schleich & Kästle, 2002

Japalura drukdaypo Wang, Ren, Jiang, Zou, Wu, Che & Siler, 2019 = Diploderma drukdaypo ( Wang, Ren, Jiang, Zou, Wu, Che & Siler, 2019)

Zootaxa 4544: 508

Holotype: KIZ 027616 , adult male, Chaya County, Chamdo , Tibet, China (30.7294°N, 97.3808°E, elevation 3,310 m, WGS 84 ), coll. K. Wang, 19 June 2016

Paratypes: KIZ 027617–19 , KIZ 027629–30 , adult females, coll. K. Wang & G. Nima, 19 June 2016 ; KIZ 027628 , adult male, coll. K. Wang & G. Nima, 21 June 2016 ; all with same locality data as holotype ; KIZ 016486 , adult female, Kanuo , Chamdo, Tibet, China (31.0433°N, 97.2239°E, elevation 3,245 m, WGS 84 ), coll. D. Zou & F. Yan, 13 May 2015

Type locality: Chaya County, Chamdo, Tibet, PR China

Remarks: Although in an earlier paper Wang et al (2018) resurrected the genus Diploderma their new species ( Wang et al. 2019) is described as Japalura s. l. and the previous taxonomic paper is not mentioned at all. Based on their description and apparent close relationship to flaviceps we assign the species drukdaypo to the genus Diploderma . It should also be noted that within the publication the year of description is given as 2016 although the paper was only published in 2019.

Japalura fasciata Mertens, 1926 = Diploderma fasciatum ( Mertens, 1926)

Senckenbergiana 8 (3–4): 146

Holotype: SMF 9871 , male, H. Fruhstorfer

Type locality: not known.

Remarks: The type specimen was purchased by the Senckenberg Museum from H. Fruhstorfer, Tonkin (N Vietnam) [Boettger (1904)]. This apparently led Smith (1935) to state “ Tongking ” as the type locality.

Japalura flaviceps Barbour & Dunn, 1919 = Diploderma flaviceps ( Barbour & Dunn, 1919)

Proc. New England zool. Club 7: 16

Holotype: MCZ R-12469, adult male, sandy shores of the Tung River in western Szechuan, coll. W. R. Zappey, 7. Feb 1908.

Paratypes: MCZ R12470–73 , all listed as skeletons, same data as the holotype ;

Type locality: Tung River (= Dadu He), Western Szechuan (= Sichuan), China

Remarks: Barbour & Dunn (1919) listed three further paratypes from the Snow Mountains near Lichiangfu in northern Yunnan, not far from the Szechuan frontier AMNH collection. Of these AMNH 19879 was later designated as the holotype for Japalura brevicauda Manthey, Denzer, Hou & Wang, 2012 and AMNH 19878 as a paratype for that species. The whereabouts of the third specimen is unknown.

Japalura hamptoni Smith, 1935 = Diploderma hamptoni ( Smith, 1935)

Fauna Brit. India: 175

Holotype: 1946.8.14.1 (formerly NHMUK 1908.9.18.1), male, Mogok, Upper Burma, coll. H. Hampton, 1908

Type locality: Mogok, Pyin Oo Lwin District, Mandalay Region, Myanmar

Japalura iadina Wang, Jiang, Siler & Che, 2016 = Diploderma iadinum ( Wang, Jiang, Siler & Che, 2016)

Zool. Res. 37(1): 51

Holotype: KIZ 019321 , adult male, Lancang Valley at Ninong, Deqin, northwest Yunnan, China (28.370255° N, 98.865287° E), 2,062 m asl, coll. K. Wang, 27 May 2015

Allotopotype: KIZ 09398, adult female, coll. D.-H. Zou, same data as the holotype

Paratopotypes: KIZ 09401–03, 019322, 019323, 019325–28, all adult males, coll. K. Wang, K. Jiang and D.- H. Zou

Type locality: Lancang Valley at Ninong, Deqin, northwest Yunnan, China (28.370255° N, 98.865287° E)

Japalura kumaonensis ( Annandale, 1907) see Acanthosaura kumaonensis Annandale, 1907

Japalura laeviventris Wang, Jiang, Zou, Siler & Che, 2016 = Diploderma laeviventre ( Wang, Jiang, Zou, Siler & Che, 2016)

Zool. Res. 37(1): 42

Holotype: KIZ 014038 , adult male, near the Nujiang Bridge in the upper Nujiang Valley at Baxoi, Qamdo, eastern Tibet, coll. K. Jiang, 3 July 2013

Paratopotypes: KIZ 014037, adult male; KIZ 0141041.043, three adult females; all coll. K. Jiang, K. Wang & Y.-Q. Sun

Type locality: near the Nujiang Bridge in the upper Nujiang Valley at Baxoi (=Basu), Qamdo (=Changdu), eastern Tibet (= Xizang), China (30.10034° N, 97.22787° E, 2739 m asl)

Japalura luei Ota, Chen & Shang, 1998 = Diploderma luei ( Ota, Chen & Shang, 1998)

Copeia 1998 (3): 649

Holotype: NTNUB 2235 , adult male, Mt. Taipingshan , Nanao Hsiang, Ilan Pref., Taiwan coll. S.-L. Chen, 5 Sept. 1995

Paratypes: KUZ R32929–930 , 32940 , 32953 , NMNS 2816 , five adult males ; KUZ R32939, one immature male, all having the same data as the holotype ; TM RL0425 , adult female, same locality as the holotype, coll. G. Shang, 8 July 1996

Type locality: Mt. Taipingshan, Nanao Hsiang, Ilan Pref., Taiwan (24°31’N, 121°30’E, 1950–2000 m asl)

Japalura major ( Jerdon, 1870) see Oreocalotes major Jerdon, 1870

Japalura makii Ota, 1989 = Diploderma makii (Ota, 1989)

Copeia 1989 (3): 570

Holotype: OMNH (Osaka) R2565, adult male, Chitou , Nantou Pref., Taiwan, ca. 1,500m asl, coll. H. Ota, 13 Aug 1986

Paratypes: KUZ 7877 , 7940 , 7975 , 8954 ; AMNH R- 130926 ; NHMUK 1987.2183 , MCZ 172743 , USNM 281851 , eight males; OMNH R2566 , KUZ 7857 , two females; all having same collection data as holotype

Type locality: Chitou, Nantou Pref., Taiwan Province, China, about 1500 m asl, 23° 42’ N, 120° 47’ E

Japalura micangshanensis Song, 1987 = Diploderma micangshanense ( Song, 1987)

Acta Herp. Sinica 6 (1): 59 (in Chinese), 64 (in English)

Holotype: SIZ 82158 (Shaanxi Institute of Zoology) adult female, Qingmuchuan , Ningqiang County, Shaanxi, alt. 700 m, collected by the author 16. June 1982

Allotype: SIZ 82132, adult male, alt. 750 m, 8. June, 1982

Paratypes: 1 subadult male ( SIZ 82119)and 15 adult females ( SIZ 82092, 82120 , 82125–6 , 82135–8 , 82152 , 82159–60 , 82186 , 82193 , 82254–5 ) from the same locality, 25. May to 28. June 1982

Type locality: Qingmuchuan, Ningqiang County., Shaanxi Province, China, 700 m asl

Remarks: The catalogue numbers for the allotype and paratypes are only mentioned in the Chinese part of the description.

Japalura microlepis Jerdon, 1870 = Japalura variegata Gray, 1853

Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 1870: 76

Holotype: NHMUK 1946.8 .14.10 (original number NHMUK 1870.11.29.44), female (Boulenger: 309, specimen g), Sikkim, pres. T. C. Jerdon

Type locality: Sikkim

Remarks: Jerdon (1870) only had a single specimen for the original description which therefore becomes the holotype. This specimen corresponds to specimen g in Boulenger (1885: 309). See also comments under J. variegata . We follow Boulenger (1885) and consider Japalura microlepis conspecific with J. variegata .

Japalura mitsukurii Stejneger, 1898 = Diploderma swinhonis ( Günther, 1864)

J. Coll. Sci. Univ. Tokyo 12: 218

Holotype: USNM 36505 , male, Botel Tobago Island , coll. T. Tada, 1896/97

Paratype: USMN 36506 , female ; CAS 27257 (formerly cotype e = presumably Science College Tokyo SCT 24 e) , male, Botel Tobago Island ; SCT 24a, male; SCT 24b, female; SCT 24c, male; SCT 24d, male; all coll. T. Tada, 1896/97

Type locality: Botel Tobago Island (= Lanyu Island)

Remarks: Alternatively TIU (Tokyo Imperial University; now University of Tokyo, Science College Museum, SCT) is used as the collection acronym (see Frost 2019).

Stejneger (1898) stated that the collection consisted of eight specimens. In his Herpetology of Japan (1907: 191) he only listed seven specimens, the ones listed above. He designated USNM 36505 as the type, which we understand is actually the holotype. Consequently, the remaining specimens are considered paratypes. Stejneger (1907) erroneously stated that the collection date was May 1899, i. e. after the original publication.

Van Denburgh (1912) synonymized J. mitsukurii with J. swinhonis and treated it as conspecific with or a subspecies of the latter. Most subsequent authors followed this classification until Ota (1988b) initially showed that J. mitsukurii represents a valid species and that J. swinhonis formosensis had to be considered conspecific with J. mitsukurii . In a later publication Ota (1991a) revised this classification and stated that J. mitsukurii , and consequently J. swinhonis formosensis , constitutes a junior synonym of J. swinhonis (= Diploderma swinhonis ).

Japalura ngoclinensis Ananjeva, Orlov & Nguyen, 2017 = Diploderma ngoclinense ( Ananjeva, Orlov & Nguyen, 2017)

AHR 8(1): 15

Holotype: ZISP 26230 , adult female, above Mang Xang Village , Ngoc Linh Mountain, Dac Glei District, Kon Tum Province, Vietnam (15°05’ N 107°57’ E, 1650 m asl), coll. A. V. Abramov, 25 Mar. 2004

Paratypes: ZISP 26231 , adult female and VNMN 3110, subadult female, same data as the holotype

Type locality: above Mang Xang Village, Ngoc Linh Mountain, Dac Glei District, Kon Tum Province, Vietnam (15°05’ N 107°57’ E, 1,650 m asl)

Remarks: Ananjeva et al (2017) used two different museum acronyms (VNMH and VNMN) for the Vietnamese collection where one of the paratypes has been deposited. Hitherto this collection has not been listed in previous herpetological publications. As the full name of the collection is given as Vietnam National Museum of Nature under author affiliations we consider VNMN as the correct acronym.

Wang et al. (2018) treat this species as conspecific with Diploderma splendidum ( Barbour & Dunn, 1919)

Japalura otai Mahony, 2009 = Cristidorsa otai ( Mahony, 2009)

Zootaxa 2212: 43

Holotype: ZSI 25217, male, “ Sairep, Lunglet District , Mizoram ”, coll. S.S. Saha, 19 Apr. 1995

Paratypes: ZSI 25215 and 25216, two females, locality data as for holotype, coll. S. S. Saha, 16 and 19 April 1995

Type locality: Sairep (22°49’0 N, 92°49’0 E), Lunglei District, central Mizoram, northeast India

Japalura planidorsata Jerdon, 1870 = Cristidorsa planidorsata ( Jerdon, 1870)

Proc. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, March 1870: 76

Syntypes: 1946.8.30.86–87 (formerly NHMUK (18)70.11.29.20–21), Khasi Hills, pres. T. C. Jerdon

Type locality: Khasi Hills

Remarks: As Jerdon (1870) had two specimens but as he did not base his original description on any particular specimen we consider them as syntypes.

Japalura polygonata donan Ota, 2003 = Diploderma polygonatum donan ( Ota, 2003)

Curr. Herp. 22 (2): 63, fig.2

Holotype: KUZ R234 , adult male, Mt. Urabudake (24°27’N, 123°00’E, 130 m asl), Yonagunijima Island, coll. H. Ota, 17 Aug. 1981

Paratypes: KUZ R102 , adult female, Higawa , Yonagunijima Island, coll. H. Ota, 30 Mar. 1981 ; KUZ R231 , 238 , two adult females, same data as the holotype ; KUZ R415 , adult female, between Higawa and Arakawabana, Yonagunijima Island, coll. H. Ota, 7 Mar. 1982 ; KUZ R971 , 972 , 975 , 979 , 997 , four adult males and one adult female, between Mt Urabudake and Sonai, Yonagunijima Island, coll. T. Hayashi, K. Kawamura, S. Kobayashi, A. Mori, and H. Ota, 26 Mar. 1983 ; KUZ R1382 , 1420 , two adult females, Kubura , Yonagunijima Island, coll. H. Ota, 27 July 1983 ; KUZ R 2000–2003 , 2164, 2876, 3261-3263, 3265, 3269, 3270, 3281-3283, 3289, 3291-3294, 3982, 4517, 4518, 22 adult males, two adult females, and three juveniles, Mt. Urabudake , coll. H. Ota, 15 July 1984 ; KUZ R28117, 28118, two adult females, Kubura, coll. H. Ota, 25 June 1993; KUZ R56152-56156 , 56158-56167 , 15 adult males, Mt. Urabudake , coll. H. Ota, 25 March 2003 Type locality: Mt. Urabudake (24°27’N, 123°00’E, 130 m asl), Yonagunijima Island, Japan

Japalura polygonata ishigakiensis van Denburgh, 1912 = Diploderma polygonatum ishigakiense (van Denburgh, 1912) Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. , 4 (3): 211

Holotype: CAS 21354, Ishigaki Shima, Loo Choo Isls. Japan, coll. V. Kühne, 25 May – 2 June 1910

Paratypes: CAS 21355–361 , Ishigaki Shima, Loo Choo Islands . Japan, coll. V. Kühne, 25 May – 2 June 1910 ; CAS 21362–377 , Funaoke, Iriomote Shima, Loo Choo Islands . Japan, coll. V. Kühne, 24–25 May 1910 .

Type locality: Ishigaki Shima and Iriomote Shima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan

Remarks: The original description was first published by van Denburgh in a privately printed paper published also in 1912: “Advance diagnoses of new reptiles and amphibians from the Loo Choo Islands and Formosa ”.

Japalura polygonata miyakensis van Denburgh, 1912 = Diploderma polygonatum ishigakiense (van Denburgh, 1912)

Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 4(3): 211

Holotype: CAS 21353, Miyako Shima, Loo Choo Islands , coll. V. Kühne, 23–24 May 1910

Paratypes: CAS 21346–352 , Miyako Shima, Loo Choo Islands . Japan, coll. V. Kühne, 23–24 May 1910

Type locality: Miyako Shima, Ryukyu Islands, Japan

Remarks: The original description was first published by van Denburgh in a privately printed paper published also in 1912: “Advance diagnoses of new reptiles and amphibians from the Loo Choo Islands and Formosa ”.

In his guide book about Japanese amphibians and reptiles Matsumoto (1979) did not list Japalura polygonata miyakensis . Although Matsumoto (l. c.) did not explicitly synonymize the subspecies he treated poulations from Miyako Shima as identical with Japalura polygonata ishigakiensis . Apart from Ota (1991b, 2003) there appears to be no further mention of Matsumoto‘s publication in herpetological literature.

Japalura polygonata xanthostoma Ota, 1991 = Diploderma polygonatum xanthostoma (Ota, 1991) Herpetologica 47: 288, fig.4

Holotype: KUZ R9855 , adult male, Waishuangchi , Taipei Prefecture, Taiwan (25’06’ N, 121’33’ E), elevation approximately 100 m, coll. H. Ota, 13 June 1988

Paratypes: KUZ R 1600–1602, 1609–1610 , all coll. T. Hikida, Aug 1976; KUZ R1649 , 1657 , 2058–2059 all coll. T. Hikida, April 1977; KUZ R2715 , 2809 , 2919 2923, 2933, 2978–2979 , 3036, 3056, 3219, 3964, 4360–4361, all coll. H. Ota, Oct 1984; KUZ R6707–6710 , 7519–7534 , 7537–7545 , 7846 , 7851–7855 , 7861–7871 , 7880–7882 , 7884 , 7901 , 7922 , 7941–7942 , 7952 , 7961 , 7973 , 7991–7992 , 8009–8010 , 8019–8020 , 8066–8067 , 8099 , 8420 , 8446–8452 , all coll. H. Ota, July and Aug. 1986 ; KUZ R9775–9780 , 9842–9854 , 9856–9861 , 13010–13019 , all coll. H. Ota, May and June 1988 ; 101 adult males, 10 immature males, 30 adult females and seven immature females; same locality data as the holotype ; KUZ R8424–8431 , Tansui , Taipei Pref., coll. H. Ota, Aug 1986 ; KUZ R6914–6915 , 6943–6944 , 6947 , Tungao, Ilan Pref. , coll. H. Ota, July 1986 ; AMNH R-77093, Pei-tou , Formosa, coll. 12 Sep 1956

Type locality: Waishu-angchi, Taipei, Taiwan