Banded japalure

{{Short description|Species of lizard}}

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|status = LC

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn|last1=Manthey|first1=U.|last2=Xie|first2=F.|title=Japalura fasciata|date=2011|volume=2011|page=e.T170403A6777332|doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T170403A6777332.en}}

|taxon = Diploderma fasciatum

|authority = Mertens, 1926

|synonyms =

Japalura szechwanensis Hu & Zhao, 1966

Japalura fasciata Mertens, 1926

|synonyms_ref = {{cite web|title=Diploderma fasciatum MERTENS, 1926|url=http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Diploderma&species=fasciatum|website=The Reptile Database|access-date=19 October 2016}}

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The banded japalure (Diploderma fasciatum) is a species of lizard. It is found in northern Vietnam and Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou and Guangxi of China, at elevations of {{convert|800|-|2000|m|abbr=on}}. Its habitat is montane forests. Its snout-vent length is {{convert|7.5|cm|abbr=on}}.{{cite book|last1=Das|first1=Indraneil|title=A Field Guide to the Reptiles of South-east Asia|date=2015|publisher=Bloomsbury|isbn=9781472920584|page=189|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5hRpBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA189}} The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species has assessed the species to be of least concern.

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