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A new species of the genus Acanthosaura from Yunnan, China (Squamata, Agamidae)

2019; Pensoft Publishers; Volume: 888; Linguagem: Inglês

10.3897/zookeys.888.38491

ISSN

1313-2989

Autores

Shuo Liu, Dingqi Rao,

Tópico(s)

Species Distribution and Climate Change

Resumo

A new species of Acanthosaura from Yunnan, China is described based on unique morphometric and meristic external characters and a very distinctive color pattern. The fourteenth species recorded of this genus, Acanthosaura tongbiguanensis sp. nov. , was previously considered A. lepidogaster although it more closely resembles A. crucigera . It can be separated from all other species of the genus by having different numbers of subdigital lamellae on the fourth finger and toe, and a different shape of the black eye patch. The new species differs genetically from investigated congeners by percentage distance of 14.46% to 23.27% (cytochrome b gene).

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