Japalura swinhonis

Basic information
Scientific name	Japalura swinhonis	Click to magnify
Common names	Swinhoe’s tree lizard, Swinhoe’s Japalura, 欺文氏攀蜥
Higher taxon	Agamidae, Sauria (Lacertilia), Squamata, Reptilia
Natural range	Taiwan including peripheral islands (Xiaoliuqiu, Ludao, and Lanyu), 1500 m or less alt. area.
Habitat	Lowland forest and forest edge. This species often occur disturbed habitat such as nearby human house, park, fruit garden, etc.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Kanagawa，Miyazaki，and　Eastern side of Tenryu River in Iwata, Shizuoka Pref.
Origin	Taiwan (possibly)
Date	The first record was in 2006, at Iwata, Shizuoka Pref.
Route	Accidental: With imported plant from Taiwan.
Impact	Unknown.
Regulation in Japan	Invasive alien species (Invasive Alien Species Act)
Introduced range in other countries	None.

Reference	Notes
Kato et al. (2010) Record of the Swinhoe’s Tree Lizard, Japalura swinhonis Günther (Squamata, Agamidae) from Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Bull Biogeogr Soc Japan. 65, 9-12 (in Jpn with English abst) Xiang & Lin (2001) Natural Portraits of Lizards of Taiwan. Big Tree Culture Enterprise, Taipei (in Chinese) etc.