Diploderma zhaoermii is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Sichuan, China.
Etymology The specific name, zhaoermii, is in honor of Chinese herpetologist Zhao Er-mi.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Japalura zhaoermii, p. 293).
Geographic range D. zhaoermii is found in western Sichaun province, China. www.reptile-database.org.
Habitat The preferred natural habitat of D. zhaoermii is shrubland, at altitudes of .
Taxonomy D. zhaoermii was first collected in 1933, but not described until 2002. (Japalura zhaoermii, new species).
Reproduction D. zhaoermii is oviparous.
References
Further reading Manthey U (2010). Agamid Lizards of Southern Asia, Draconinae 2, Leiolepidinae. Frankfurt am Main: Chimaira. 168 pp. . Wang K, Che J, Lin S-M, Deepak V, Aniruddha D-R, Jiang K, Jin J, Chen H, Siler CD (2018). "Multilocus phylogeny and revised classification for mountain dragons of the genus Japalura s. l. (Reptilia:Agamidae: Draconinae) from Asia". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 185 (1): 246–267. (Diploderma zhaoermii, new combination).