Leiolepis ngovantrii GRISMER & GRISMER, 2010
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Higher Taxa | Agamidae (Leiolepididae or Leiolepidinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | E: Ngo Van Tri’s Lady Butterfly Lizard |
Synonym | Leiolepis ngovantrii GRISMER & GRISMER 2010 |
Distribution | Vietnam (Ba Ria Vung Tau) Type locality: Binh Chau – Phuoc Buu Nature Reserve, Xuyen Moc district, Ba Ria Vung Tau Province, Vietnam (10°32.418N 107°32.177E); 30 m elevation. |
Reproduction | parthenogenetic, unisexual species; the parental species are southern L. guttata (M) × southern L. reevesii (P). |
Types | Holotype: LSUHC 9234, adult female, collected on 21 June 2009. Paratypes. The collection data for the paratypes (all females) LSUHC 9230–33 and LSUHC 9235 are the same as the holotype. |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Leiolepis ngovantrii differs from all sexual species of Leiolepis in lacking males; it differs from all asexual species in having a combination of nine rows of enlarged keeled scales across the forearm; 37–40 subdigital lamellae beneath the fourth toe; a relatively narrow head (0.71–0.83); 50–53 dorsal scales between the dorsolateral stripes; absence of a lateral, caudal stripe; having 24 or 25 gular scales between the enlarged, mandibular scales; the ventrolateral stripe not reaching the axillary region; absence of a black, Yshaped marking in the pectoral region, a vertebral stripe, and eyespots bearing white centers; presence of transverse bars on the flanks; presence of thin, transverse, dorsal, caudal bars, and the absence of dorsal, caudal blotches. |
Comment | Sympatry: Leiolepis ngovantrii lives in sympatry and, in some places, syntopy with its maternal ancestor L. guttata. |
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