Takydromus albomaculosus WANG, GONG, LIU & WANG, 2017
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Takydromus albomaculosus
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| Higher Taxa | Lacertidae, Lacertinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | Chinese: 天井山草蜥 |
| Synonym | Takydromus albomaculosus WANG, GONG, LIU & WANG 2017 |
| Distribution | China (Guangdong) Type locality: Tianjingshan Forestry Station (24.69°N, 113.03°E; 699 m elevation (datum = WGS84; see Fig. 1), Ruyuan County, Guangdong Province, China. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: SYS r001624, adult male, collected on 1 May 2009 by Shi-Ping Gong. Paratype. SYS r001292, adult female, from the Zhongdong Village (24.69° N, 112.98°E; 618 m a.s.l., datum = WGS84), Ruyuan County, Guangdong Province, China, collected on 31 July 2015 by Ying-Yong Wang. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Takydromus albomaculosus sp. nov. differs from other species of the genus Takydromus by a combination of the following characteristics: (1) body size large, SVL 70.9 mm in female, 65.5 mm in male; (2) hindlimb relatively long in male, HLL 55% of SVL, 1.11 times as long as ALL; (3) subdigital lamellae 23–24 under the fourth finger, 29–30 under fourth toe; (4) chin-shields four on each side; (5) femoral pores, three or four on each side; (6) supraoculars three, rarely four, the posterior loreal either in contact with the anteriormost supraocular or not; (7) supraciliary granules present; (8) presence of six ventral scale rows, strongly keeled in male, smooth but outermost row keeled in female; (9) enlarged and keeled lateral scales in a row above ventrals, but shorter than ventrals; (10) presence of a pair of white longitudinal dorsolateral stripes and a pair of white longitudinal ventrolateral stripes; (11) dorsal surface brown, ventral surface green, flank dark brown or brown black with several particular white round spots. |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | The specific name “albomaculosus” refers to the “white round spots” on the flanks of body, which are the diagnostic features of this new species. |
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