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Japalura polygonata

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Squamata

Family
  
Agamidae

Genus
  
Japalura

Class
  
Reptilia

Suborder
  
Iguania

Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Subspecies

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Similar
  
Japalura, Takydromus smaragdinus, Swinhoe's japalura, Kuroiwa's ground gecko, Plestiodon stimpsonii

Japalura polygonata


Japalura polygonata, also known as Ryukyu japalure and Okinawa tree lizard, is a species of lizard found in the Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan. It is diurnal and arboreal. An adult male Japalura polygonata measures "61 mm. from snout to vent, and 152 mm. from vent to tip of tail; total length 213 mm." The splenial of this lizard is short, as is that of Trapelus agilis.

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