Diploderma angustelinea WANG, REN, WU, CHE & SILER, 2020
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Diploderma angustelinea
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| Higher Taxa | Agamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Common Names | E: Narrow-striped Mountain Dragon Chinese: 细纹龙蜥 (Pinyin: Xi Wen Long Xi) |
| Synonym | Diploderma angustelinea WANG, REN, WU, CHE & SILER 2020: 229 Japalura flaviceps — ZHAO et al. 1999: 111 (part) Japalura flaviceps — ZHAO 2003: 84 (part) |
| Distribution | China (Middle Yalong River Valley in Muli County, Sichuan Province) Type locality: Maidilong Village, Muli Tibetan Autonomous County, Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China (28.594° N, 101.226° E, elevation 2017 m, WGS 84). |
| Reproduction | Oviparous. Only a single female was gravid (KIZ 029705), with all the remaining females showing characters of recent oviposition (i.e., empty stomach and extra skin folds on ventrolateral and lateral trunk), which suggests that mid-June is toward the end of its breeding season (Wang et al. 2021) |
| Types | Holotype: KIZ 029703, adult male Paratypes: KIZ 044484, 044796, 044797, adult males; collected by Kai Wang, Zhuoyu Lu, and Xiankun Huang on June 25, 2019. KIZ 029704–029708, 029710, adult females, same collecting information as for the holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: The new species can be diagnosed from congeners by a combination of the following morphological characteristics: (1) body size moderate, SVL 56.8–60.2 mm in males, 59.0–67.8 mm in females; (2) tail long, TAL 230.2%–249.1% SVL in males, 194.30%–222.3% in females; (3) hind limbs moderate, HLL 71.1%–80.2% SVL in males, 74.4%–79.2% in females; (4) head width moderate, HW 66.6%–73.9% HL, HD 72.7%– 79.3% HW; (5) MD 41–49; (6) F4S 14–19; (7) T4S 21–26; (8) post-rictal sub-pyramidal scales weakly developed and few, 0–3; (9) tympanum concealed; (10) nuchal crest scales weakly developed without skin folds in both sexes, slightly raised and serrated in males; (11) distinct transverse gular fold present, deep; (12) ventral scales of head and body distinctively keeled; (13) gular spots always present in males, mostly in females, Spectrum Yellow (Color 79) to Dark Spectrum Yellow (Color 78) in life, absent after preservation; (14) no dark vermiculate stripes on ventral head; (15) dorsolateral stripes narrow, feebly jagged, Spectrum Yellow (Color 79), present in both sexes; (16) dark radial stripes around eyes indistinct or absent; (17) distinct, clear separation between the Jet Black (Color 300) or Burnt Umber (Color 48) coloration of dorsolateral body and white coloration of ventrolateral body; and (18) oral cavity and tongue Light Flesh Color (Color 250) (Wang et al. 2021). |
| Comment | Similar species: D. bowoense. Publication date: The paper by Wang et al. was published online in December 2020 while the entire issue of the journal was published in Jan 2021, hence there may be different publication dates in use. |
| Etymology | The Latin specific name, “angustelinea”, comprises two parts: anguste meaning “narrow” and linea meaning “stripe” or “line.” Together, the specific name describes the diagnostic narrow, thin, dorsolateral stripes present in the species. |
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