The following eight species are recognized as being valid:[3]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
| Japalura andersoniana Annandale, 1905 | Anderson's mountain lizard | southwestern China |
 | Japalura austeniana (Annandale, 1908) | Abor Hills agama | Bhutan and India (Assam, Arunachal Pradesh). |
| Japalura dasi (Shah & Kästle, 2002) | Agaupani mountain lizard, Agaupani forest agama | Nepal. |
 | Japalura kumaonensis (Annandale, 1907) | Kumaon mountain lizard, Kumaon forest agama | northern India, Pakistan, Nepal, and Tibet (China) |
 | Japalura major (Jerdon, 1870) | large mountain lizard, greater forest agama | northern India and Nepal. |
| Japalura sagittifera M.A. Smith, 1940 | Burmese japalure | Myanmar. |
| Japalura tricarinata (Blyth, 1853) | three-keeled mountain lizard, tricarinate forest agama | India, Nepal, and Tibet (China) |
 | Japalura variegata Gray, 1853 | variegated mountain lizard, Himalayan dragon | northern India, Bhutan, and Nepal. |
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Nota bene: a binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Japalura.
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