Japalura austeniana, also known commonly as the Abor Hills agama or Annandale's dragon, is a rare species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Asia.
Etymology The specific name, austeniana, is in honor of English topographer Henry Haversham Godwin-Austen.Beolens B, Watkins M, Grayson M (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. . (Mictopholis austeniana, p. 13).
Geographic range J. austeniana is found in Bhutan and India (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh).
Type locality: "Hills near Harmatti, Assam"Annandale N (1908). "Description of a new Species of Lizard of the Genus Salea from Assam". Records of the Indian Museum 2: 37-38. (Salea austeniana, new species). (= Dafla Hills, Assam, fide M.A. Smith 1935).
Rediscovery This species, J. austeniana, was previously known only from its holotype, but was rediscovered in 2006 at Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh.Athreya R (2006). Eaglenest Biodiversity Project − I (2003–2006): Conservation Resources for Eaglenest Wildlife Sanctuary. A report submitted to the Forest Department of the Government of Arunachal Pradesh, India, and the Rufford-Maurice-Laing Foundation (UK). Pune, India: Kaati Trust. p. 54.
Description The holotype of J. austeniana, a female, has a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of . The tail is very long, .
Reproduction J. austeniana is oviparous.
References
Further reading Das A, Das I (2007). "Rediscovery of Mictopholis austeniana (Annandale, 1908) (Squamata: Agamidae)". Current Herpetology 26 (1): 45–47. Smith MA (1935). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Reptilia and Amphibia. Vol. II.—Sauria. London: Secretary of State for India in Council. (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 440 pp. + Plate I + 2 maps. (Mictopholis, new genus, p. 149; Mictopholis austeniana, new combination, p. 165, Figure 50).