The
specific name, luei, comes from the name of Taiwanese herpetologist
Kuang-Yang Lue, to honor his contributions to the herpetology of Taiwan.[3][5][7]
Conservation status
D. luei is listed as a rare and valuable species in the Taiwan Wildlife Conservation Act[6] similar to
Diploderma swinhonis.
^Shao KT (ed.).
"Japalura luei Ota, Chen & Shang, 1998". Catalogue of life in Taiwan. Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
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ab呂氏攀蜥分布與棲地利用之研究 [Distribution and Habitat Preference of Japalura luei]. forest.gov.tw (in Chinese and English). Forestry Bureau. May 1997. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
^Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp.
ISBN978-1-4214-0135-5. (Japalura luei, p. 162).