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Leiolepis reevesii (GRAY, 1831)

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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Leiolepididae or Leiolepidinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Reeves' Butterfly Lizard
G: Reeves Schmetterlingsagame
Chinese: 蜡皮蜥 
SynonymUromastyx Reveesii GRAY 1831: 62
Leiolepis Reveesii GRAY 1845: 263
Leiolepis reevesii — THEOBALD 1868: 34
Leiolepis belliana reevesii — MERTENS 1961: 509
Leiolepis reevesii — COX et al. 1998: 105
Leiolepis reevesii — CHAN-ARD et al. 1999: 134
Leiolepis reevesii — NGUYEN et al. 2009
Leiolepis reevesii — HARTMANN et al. 2012: 108 
DistributionS China (Macao, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi), Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand

Type locality: not given; “China” fide BOULENGER 1885.  
Reproductionoviparous, with clutches of 2–8 eggs; sexual (Du et al. 2011) 
TypesHolotype: BMNH 1946.8.14.59 (xxiii.76a) from China, Asia, J. Reeves donor 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: “Rückenflecken hell, zahlreich und dicht beieinander stehend,
so daß ihre dunklen Ränder ein grobmaschiges Netzwerk bilden. Flanken sehr
ähnlich wie bei der Nominatrasse mit orange- oder ziegelroten und schwarzen
Querbändern, diese jedoch weniger markant als bei der Nominatrasse. 6-7
Schuppen quer um die Mitte auf der Unterseite der Tibia, etwa 3 Dorsalschuppen
entsprechen der Breite einer Bauchschuppe. 13-16 Femoralporen jederseits.” (Mertens 1961: 510).


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CommentSynonymy: Has been considered a synonym of Leiolepis belliana by SMITH 1935 and others.

Subspecies: Leiolepis reevesii rubritaeniata MERTENS 1961 has been elevated to full species status.

Phylogenetics: L. reevesii and L. belliana do not appear to be completely separated with multiple lineages, hence their status remains debatable (Grismer et al. 2014).

Hybridization: Leiolepis belliana and L. guttata can hybridize with L. reversii (JANČÚCHOVÁ-LÁSKOVÁ et al. 2015). 
EtymologyNamed after John Reeves (1774-1856), naturalist and collector who sent specimens of plants and animals back to Britain. Reeves was employed by the East India Company as an ‘Inspector of Tea’ and lived in China from 1812 to 1831. Note that Steijneger (1907) stated that John Russell Reeves (1804-1877), the son of John Reeves, sent the material to Gray, so there is a chance of confusion here. 
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