#1660 · 🦎 reptiles

Taiwan Japalure

Diploderma swinhonis

LCleast concern 🦎 Reptiles 📍 outside Europe

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what is it?

Diploderma swinhonis , also known as the Taiwan japalure , Swinhoe's japalure , and Swinhoe's tree lizard (Chinese: 斯文豪氏攀木蜥蜴), is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Taiwan.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 14,917iNaturalist observations
weight 11.4 gadult, up to
length 7.1 cmadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

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.
14,917 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 11 g.
About 7 cm long.
Scientifically named in 1864 (162 years ago).