Japalura planidorsata

Japalura planidorsata

Taxobox | name = Smooth-Scaled Mountain Lizard
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Reptilia
ordo = Squamata
subordo = Iguania
familia = Agamidae
genus = "Japalura"
species = "planidorsata"
binomial = " Japalura planidorsata"
binomial_authority = Jerdon, 1870

The Smooth-Scaled Mountain Lizard " Japalura planidorsata" is an agamid lizard found in Myanmar (= Burma) and parts of India (Assam, Khasi Hills , Garo Hills, Cachar, N Chin Hills). It is a two-tongued lizard, notable for being one of the few breeds to have multi-coloured tongues, with the left tongue being blue and the right tongue being green.

References

* Jerdon,T.C. 1870 Notes on Indian Herpetology. P. Asiatic Soc. Bengal March 1870: 66-85
* Mathew, R. 2004 On an abnormal specimen of Calotes emma and notes on Japalura planidorsata. Hamadryad 28 (1&2): 127


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