Diploderma kangdingense CAI, ZHANG, LI, DU, XIE, HOU, ZHOU & JIANG, 2022
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Diploderma kangdingense
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| Higher Taxa | Agamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Kangding Mountain Lizard Chinese: 康定攀蜥 (kāng dìng pān xī) |
| Synonym | Diploderma kangdingense CAI, ZHANG, LI, DU, XIE, HOU, ZHOU & JIANG 2022 Japalura flaviceps — ZHAO et al.1999: 111 (part.) Japalura flaviceps — ZHAO, 2003: 84 (part.) Japalura flaviceps — CAI et al. 2018 (part.) |
| Distribution | China (Sichuan) Type locality: Pusharong Village (29.417275°N, 101.159856°E; at elevation 2409 m a.s.l.), Pusharong Township, Kangding City, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: CIB119356, Adult male (filed number 20210917), collected by Huaming ZHOU and Jing LI on August, 2021. Allotype Adult female, CIB119357 (filed number 20210916), also collected from Pusharong Village (29.417272°N, 101.165431°E; at elevation 2432m a.s.l.), Pusharong Township, Kangding City, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China, collected by Huaming ZHOU and Jing LI on August, 2021. Paratypes: 20210913 (female , 29.420342 N, 101.144353 E; at elevation 2421 m a.s.l.), 20210914 (subadult, share the same locality as 20210913) and 20210915 (female, 29.419633 N, 101.143456 E; at elevation 2430m a.s.l.) were collected from Bosihe Town of Yajiang County by Huaming ZHOU and Jing LI on August, 2021; KD2021080101 (male), KD2021080102 (♂) and KD2021080104 (male), KD2021080103 (female), KD2021080105 (female) collected from Pusharong Village (29.419742 N, 101.153925 E; at elevation 2430 m a.s.l.), and the collecting information same as the holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Diploderma kangdingense sp. nov. can be mainly distinguished from other Diploderma species by the following features: 1) TAL/SVL 204.8%–227.1% (average 213.2%) in males, and 156.1%–192.5% (average 181.2%) in females; 2) TRL/SVL 46.8%–48.6% in males and 50.1%–56.8% in females; 3) T4S 20–25 (average 23) and F4S 16–20 (average 17); 4) bright transverse stripes on dorsal body, especially in males in life; 5) ventral scales distinctively keeled; 6) tympanum concealed; 7) transverse gular fold deep in both sexes, and males having a distinct pouch across throat; 8) inner-lip smoky white, and tongue and oral cavity light flesh color; 9) dark stripe patterns on the ventral head; 10) gular spot present in males (yellow), and absent in females; 11) dorsolateral stripes strongly jagged, and yellow in males while front yellow, rear grey or sandy brown in females; 12) radial stripesbeloweyesabsent;13)ventrolateralbodyyellowtolight yellow, with yellow or white spots in males, light grey to smoky white with white or wheat spots in females; 14) fourth toe with claw reaching eye when hindlimbs adpressed forward; 15) well-developed skin folds under nuchal crest present in males only, vertebral crest discontinuous between nuchal and dorsal sections with gap. (Cai et al. 2022) |
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| Etymology | Named after Kangding City, the capital of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, which is located in the east of Ganzi in Sichuan Province. |
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