Calotes zhaoermii WANG, SHU, LI, GUO & CHE, 2025

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Higher Taxa	Agamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Zhao’s tree agama Chinese: 赵氏树蜥 (Pinyin: Zhao Shi Shu Xi)
Synonym	Calotes zhaoermii WANG, SHU, LI, GUO & CHE in WANG et al. 2025: 281 Oriocalotes paulus — HU et al. 1987 Oriocalotes paulus — ZHAO & ADLER 1993 Oriocalotes paulus — LI et al. 2010 Calotes paulus — GIRI et al. 2019 Calotes paulus — CHE et al. 2020 Calotes paulus — WANG et al. 2020
Distribution	China (Xizang) Type locality: Yarang Village, Muotuo County, Xizang Autonomous Region, China (29.25141667o E, 95.2489722o N, elevation 1074 m).
Reproduction
Types	Holotype. KIZ 57053, adult female. Collected by Fu Shu and Ming Su in 29 July, 2024. Paratype. KIZ 032533, road-killed adult male from Muotuo County, Xizang Autonomous Region, China. Collected by Ke Jiang in August 5th, 2018.
Diagnosis	Diagnosis: Calotes zhaoermii sp. nov. can be diagnosed from congeners by a combination of the following characters: (1) dorsal body scales heterogeneous, not aligned in regular oblique rows; (2) three spines present on head, including a single pair of post-orbital, supratympanic, and temporal spines; (3) nuchal crest eight, weakly developed; (4) midbody scale rows 52–58; (5) middorsal crest scales 39; and (6) caudal vertebrae 53–56. (Wang et al. 2025) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data to their customers. These details, e.g. detailed descriptions or comparisons (about 5313 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details.
Comment
Etymology	Named after Chinese herpetologist, Dr. Zhao Er-Mi, who had conducted extensive surveys back in 1973 in Muotuo County of Xizang Autonomous Region where the new species is native to and contributed substantially to the herpetological knowledge both in China and across Asia.
References	Che J, Jiang K, Yan F, Zhang Y. 2020. Amphibians and Reptiles in Tibet––Diversity and Evolution. Science Press, Beijing, China. 803 pp GIRI, VARAD. B.; R. CHAITANYA, STEPHEN MAHONY, SAMUEL LALROUNGA, C. LALRINCHHANA, ABHIJIT DAS, VIVEK SARKAR, PRAVEEN KARANTH, V. DEEPAK 2019. On the systematic status of the genus Oriocalotes Günther, 1864 (Squamata: Agamidae: Draconinae) with the description of a new species from Mizoram state, Northeast India. Zootaxa 4638 (4): 451–484 - get paper here Hu S. et al. 1987. Amphibia-Reptilia of Xizang. [In Chinese] Beijing: Science Press, 153 pp. Li P. P., Zhao E. M., Dong B. J. 2010. Amphibians and Reptiles of Tibet. [In Chinese] Beijing: Science Press, 251 pp. WANG, K., SHU, F., LI, L., DONG, W. J., MU, H. N., SU, M., ... & CHE, J. 2025. A New Cryptic Species of Calotes (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) from Southeastern Xizang Autonomous Region, China. Zootaxa 5609 (2): 275-285 - get paper here Wang, Kai; Jinlong Ren, Hongman Chen, Zhitong Lyu, Xianguang Guo Ke Jiang, Jinmin Chen, Jiatang Li, Peng Guo, Yingyong Wang, Jing Che 2020. The updated checklists of amphibians and reptiles of China. Biodiversity Science 28 (2): 189-218 - get paper here Zhao,E. & Adler,K. 1993. Herpetology of China. SSAR, Oxford/Ohio, 1-522
External links	http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E34414DB-59FB-42E4-BE6F… Google images

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