NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Daocheng Mountain Lizard
Diploderma daochengense Cai, Zhang, Li, Du, Xie, Hou, Zhou & Jiang, 2022
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Diploderma daochengense Cai, Zhang, Li, Du, Xie, Hou, Zhou & Jiang, 2022
- Name authority
- Cai, Zhang, Li, Du, Xie, Hou, Zhou & Jiang, 2022
- Common name
- Daocheng Mountain Lizard
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Agamidae
- Genus
- Diploderma
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderIguania
- familyAgamidae
- subfamilyDraconinae
- genusDiploderma
- speciesDiploderma daochengense Cai, Zhang, Li, Du, Xie, Hou, Zhou & Jiang, 2022
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Diploderma. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| JapalureDiploderma chapaense (Bourret, 1937) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dymond's JapalureDiploderma dymondi (Boulenger, 1906) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Banded japalureDiploderma fasciatum (Mertens, 1926) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Szechwan japalureDiploderma flaviceps (Barbour & Dunn, 1919) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Emerald Mountain DragonDiploderma iadinum (Wang, Jiang, Siler & Che, 2016) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Ota's JapalureDiploderma makii (Ota, 1989) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Taiwan JapalureDiploderma swinhonis (Günther, 1864) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Yunnan japalureDiploderma yunnanense (Anderson, 1878) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diploderma batangense (Li, Deng, WU & Wang, 2001) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Diploderma brevicauda (Manthey, Denzer, Hou & Wang, 2012) | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Narrow-striped Mountain DragonDiploderma angustelinea Wang, Ren, Wu, Che & Siler, 2020 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Aorun Mountain DragonDiploderma aorun Wang, Jiang, Zheng, Xie, Che & Siler, 2020 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Diploderma&species=daochengense Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:C6ZLJ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.