#1831 · 🦎 reptiles

Okinawa Tree Lizard

Diploderma polygonatum

NTnear threatened 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © wangleeping · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © 大俠 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
3. © okiinsect · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © symisme840 · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Patrick Randall · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
6. © Liu JimFood · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Taiwan:© Haun Zhong · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Taiwan:© Allen Chen · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Okinawa, JP:© 長鬃山羊 · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Okinawa, JP:© Amaël Borzée · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Diploderma polygonatum , 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 Diploderma polygonatum measures "61 mm. from snout to vent, and 152 mm. " The splenial of this lizard is short, as is that of Trapelus agilis .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,548iNaturalist observations
threat NTnear threatened

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
3,548 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Edward Hallowell in 1861 (165 years ago).