''Japalura major'' (large mountain lizard or greater forest agama) is an
agamid lizard found in northern
India
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and
Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...
. It lives at elevations up to .
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References
Further reading
* Jamdar, N. 1985. A note on the habits and breeding of the lizard ''Japalura major''. ''J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc.'' 82: 420-421
* Jerdon, T. C. 1870. Notes on Indian herpetology. ''P. Asiatic Soc. Bengal'' March 1870: 66–85.
* Smith, M. A. 1935. ''Reptiles and Amphibia, Vol. II.'' In: ''The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma.'' Taylor and Francis, London, 440 pp.
Japalura
Reptiles of India
Reptiles of Nepal
Taxa named by Thomas C. Jerdon
Reptiles described in 1870
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