Japalura andersoniana, Anderson's mountain lizard, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is native to southern Asia.
Etymology The specific name, andersoniana, is in honor of Scottish zoologist John Anderson.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Japalura andersoniana, p. 8).
Geographic range J. andersoniana is found in eastern India, and in the part of southwestern China formerly known as Tibet.
Description J. andersoniana may attain a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of and a total length (including tail) of . It is brown dorsally and ventrally, and the male has a yellow dewlap.Smith MA (1935).
Reproduction J. andersoniana is oviparous. www.reptile-database.org.
References
Further reading Annandale N (1905). "Contributions to Oriental Herpetology. II.—Notes on the Oriental Lizards in the Indian Museum, with a List of the Species recorded from British India and Ceylon. Part I." Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, New Series [Series 2] 1: 81-93 + Plates I-II. (Japalura andersoniana, new species, pp. 85–86 + Plate II, figure 4). Bhosale H, Das A, Manthey U (2013). "Neue Fundorte und Farbvariationen von Japalura andersoniana Annandale, 1905 (Sauria: Agamidae: Draconinae)". Sauria 35 (3): 55–60. (in German). Smith MA (1935). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (Japalura andersoniana, p. 173).