Vivariums;reptiles;Agamid;Japalura

Japalura :

Japalura is a genus of lizards in the family Agamidae. Species of Japalura are native to Pakistan, India, Myanmar, China, Vietnam, Taiwan, and Japan. China has the most species,[1] including many endemics.[2]

Scientific classification :

Kingdom:Animalia

Phylum:Chordata

Subphylum:Vertebrata

Class:Reptilia

Order:Squamata

Suborder:Iguania

Family:Agamidae

Subfamily:Draconinae

Genus:Japalura
Gray, 1853

Japalura

Japalura polygonata

Species :

The following 28 species are recognized as being valid.[1][2][3]

Japalura andersoniana Annandale, 1905
Japalura batangensis Li et al., 2001
Japalura brevicauda Manthey, Denzer, Hou & Wang, 2012
Japalura brevipes Gressitt, 1936
Japalura chapaensis Bourret, 1937
Japalura dasi (Shah & Kästle, 2002)
Japalura dymondi (Boulenger, 1906)
Japalura fasciata Mertens, 1926
Japalura flaviceps Barbour & Dunn, 1919
Japalura grahami (Stejneger, 1924)
Japalura hamptoni M.A. Smith, 1935
Japalura kaulbacki M.A. Smith, 1937 = Pseudocalotes kingdonwardi
Japalura kumaonensis (Annandale, 1907)
Japalura luei Ota, Chen & Shang, 1998
Japalura major (Jerdon, 1870)
Japalura makii Ota, 1989
Japalura micangshanensis Song, 1987
Japalura otai Mahony, 2009[2]
Japalura planidorsata Jerdon, 1870
Japalura polygonata (Hallowell, 1861)
Japalura sagittifera M.A. Smith, 1940
Japalura splendida Barbour & Dunn, 1919
Japalura swinhonis Günther, 1864
Japalura tricarinata (Blyth, 1853)
Japalura varcoae (Boulenger, 1918)
Japalura variegata Gray, 1853
Japalura yulongensis Manthey, Denzer, Hou & Wang, 2012
Japalura yunnanensis Anderson, 1878
Japalura zhaoermii Goa & Hou, 2002

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Japalura swinhonis

Video :

Lizards of Taiwan - Japalura swinhonis 01

Care Articles ( General for all species .. ) :

Japalura Lizards

courtesy to : www.anapsid.org/japalura.html

Melissa Kaplan, 2002

Other websites :

- www.scribd.com/doc/253856101/Care-Sheet-Neon-Tree-Dragon-Japalura-Splendida

- Prices : snakesatsunset.com/japalura-lizard-for-sale-japalura-splendida/

- tropics.nu/swinhoes-japalura/

There are some twenty species of lizards in the genus Japalura. One of the general common names for this agamid genus is mountain lizard.

Range
Native to the montane rainforests, these species' range from the Indo-Australian archipelago, up through Indo-China, Japan, China, and the Himalayas.

Description

Looking much like hatchling green iguanas, these lizards range in size from 6-16 inches (15-40 cm). Their bodies are slightly compressed laterally, with their tails about twice the length of their body. A low crest runs along their back from their head down their tail. The scales of the back are large, shingled (overlapped) and keeled (prominent center ridge); their belly scales are also keeled. In color they range from brown to green.

Habit and Habitat

These terrestrial lizards do some climbing on rocks and in low woody vegetation. Primarily carnivorous, they eat insects, while larger lizards may take pink mice. Coming as they do from the montane rainforests, they require a humid habitat and water for drinking. Not much else is known about these oviparous lizards.

Set them up in a terrestrial enclosure with some branches or cut logs and/or rocks for them to climb on for basking. Temperature requirements are ill-defined as "room temperature". Keep them as one would other montane agamid species such as the toad-headed agama or the tree or mountain dragons.

Species:

J. tricarinata. Cloud-forest agama. Native to the Himalayas, to 9800 feet (3000m), these lizards are about 7 in (18 cm) STL and semi-arboreal in habit. When exited, the mostly brown males turn green with a dark stripe running from eye to shoulder.

For information on the following species, see the Agamidae: Japalura page at the TIGR Reptile Database.

J. andersoniana
J. brevipes
J. chapaensis
J. dymondi
J. fasciata
J. flaviceps
J. grahami
J. hamptoni
J. kaulbacki
J. kumaonensis
J. luei
J. major
J. makii
J. micangshanensis
J. planidorsata
J. polygonata
J. polygonata polygonata, J. p. ishigakiensis. Okinawan (Sakishima) tree lizard.
J. sagittifera
J. splendida
J. swinhonis
J. tricarinata
J. varcoae
J. variegata
J. yunnanensis

- BASIC CARE: NEON TREE DRAGON LIZARDS

courtesy to : azeah.com/lizards/basic-care-neon-tree-dragon

Neon tree dragon is a common name used in the pet trade for a variety of small agamid lizards from southeast Asia. Agamid lizards are an Old World family of lizards that include bearded dragons and uromastyx lizards , In 2010, neon tree dragon refers to Japalura splendida which is pictured above. Its adult size is 10 to 12 inches total length. In the past, this was sometimes used

for Calotes versicolor. All of the lizards sold as "neon tree dragons" are very territorial and easily stress in crowded conditions. for Calotes versicolor.

All of the lizards sold as "neon tree dragons" are very territorial and easily stress in crowded conditions. They do best housed with no more than 2 dragons per 20 gallon tank with at least one hiding spot (such as a hollow piece of cork) and one bright basking spot per lizard. Lots of plastic plants or live plants are needed to break up the sight lines so the lizards can hide from each other easily.

In addition to a basking spot that hits 90-95°F during the day, neon tree dragons need strong UVB light for at least 10 hrs a day or else they readily develop nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism (a form of metabolic bone disease). They also need high humidity and frequent spraying as they only drink from droplets. If they do not get enough humidity, they will retain shed skin (as may be seen on the tip of the nose of the dragon at the top of this page). However, they also need plenty of fresh air or else they develop skin infections.

They do best with crickets no longer than the space between the dragon's eyes. Some will eat waxworms. It is important to dust the insects at every meal with a calcium supplement containing D3 such as Zoomed's Calcium with D3 and a once a week dusting with a multivitamin containing pure vitamin A such as Zoomed's Reptivite.

This neon tree dragon has a broken back as a result of a metabolic bone disease (red arrow). There is also a change in color (blue arrow) showing where there is unshed skin.

Little is known about the long-term care and breeding of Japalura splendida but following the guidelines for green anoles (Anolis carolinensis) is a suggested starting point.

Unfortunately the neon tree dragons are almost always wild-caught imports and suffer from a variety of intestinal parasites and other infectious diseases. It is extremely important to have your new neon tree dragon checked for parasites by submitting a fresh fecal sample to a veterinarian within the first few days of bringing it home.

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