Diploderma
| Diploderma | |
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| Diploderma polygonatum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Subfamily: | Draconinae |
| Genus: | Diploderma Hallowell, 1861 |
| Species | |
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46, see text. | |
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, including many endemics.
Species
The following 49 species are recognized as being valid:
- 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 bifluviale F. Liu, Wu, Zhang, Yang, S. Liu, Chen, Chang, Xie & Cai. 2025- Hengduan mountain dragon
- 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 crypticum Liu, Wang, Hou, Zeng, Zhang & Rao, 2026
- Diploderma daduense Cai, Liu & Chang, 2024
- 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 gulaense (Cai, Yao, Wu & Guo, 2026) – Gula mountain lizard
- 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 – 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.