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A new species of the genus Acanthosaura (Squamata, Agamidae) from Yunnan, China, with comments on its conservation status

2020; Pensoft Publishers; Volume: 959; Linguagem: Inglês

10.3897/zookeys.959.54601

1313-2989

Shuo Liu, Mian Hou, Mingzhong Mo, Dingqi Rao,

Plant and animal studies

A new species of Acanthosaura from Yunnan, China, is described based on morphological and genetic data. The new species can be separated from all other species of the genus by having a different shape of the black eye patch, a different coloration of the postorbital and occipital spines and nuchal crest, and a different color of the gular pouch. Genetically, uncorrected sequence divergences of COI between the new species and investigated congeners ranged from 16.12% to 24.11%. The conservation status of the new species is also discussed.