Dopasia bashu WANG, MU, LEE, GUO & CHE, 2026
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Dopasia bashu
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| Higher Taxa | Anguidae (Anguinae), Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Bashu Glass Lizard Chinese: 巴蜀脆蛇蜥 |
| Synonym | Dopasia bashu WANG, MU, LEE, GUO & CHE in WANG et al. 2026: 28 Ophiosaurus ludovici — BRYGOO 1987: 742 Ophiosaurus ludovici — NGUYEN et al. 2011: 64 Ophisaurus harti — CAI et al. 2018 Ophisaurus harti — LUO et al. 2004: 250 Ophisaurus harti — LUO et al. 2007: 823 Ophisaurus harti — ZHANG et al. 1991: 30 Ophisaurus harti — ZHAO & Adler 1993: 200 Ophisaurus harti — ZHAO et al., 1999: 203–205 Ophisaurus harti — ZHAO 2003: 96 Dopasia harti — CAI 2023: 43 Dopasia harti — CAI et al. 2025 |
| Distribution | China (Sichuan, Chongqing Administrative Region; NE Yunnan ?) Type locality: areas near Zhou-Gong River, Yucheng District, Ya’an, Sichuan Province, China. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. YBU 24687, adult male. Collected by Peng Guo in 2012. Paratypes. YBU 24686, adult sharing the same collecting information as the holotype; YBU 24685, adult from Tianquan County, Yaan, Sichuan Province, China, collected by Peng Guo in 2012. CIB 3266–3270, adults from Lingguan, Baoxing County, Sichuan Province, China; CIB3260–3262, adults, CIB 3258, 3259, subadults, CIB 3263, juvenile, all from Emeishan County, Leshan, Sichuan Province, China; CIB 3274–3276, adults from Eshan, Sichuan Province, China; CIB 3264, 3265, adults from Guan County, Sichuan Province, China; CIB 86488, adult from Changning County, Yibin, Sichuan Province, China; CIB 3277, adult, from Jinfo Mountain, Chongqing, China, all of which without detailed collector information; USNM 75091, 81514, and 84361, adults, USNM 75092, juvenile, all from Huang Jia Gou, south of Yibin near Yunnan border, Sichuan Province, China. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Dopasia bashu sp. nov. can be diagnosed from all other species of Dopasia by a combination of the following morphological characteristics: (1) body size large, adult SVL 178.1–240.5mm, BWMB 11.7– 16.7mm; (2) tail relatively long, TAL 172.6–192.9% SVL; (3) nasal separated from frontonasal by two scale rows; (4) prefrontals not in contact, except in very rare cases; (5) ear openings distinct; (6) dorsal scales along lateral fold 99–110; (7) PPV 57–60; (8) body clay colour in adults, with short cyan transverse streaks and spots; and (9) lateral and ventral head, body, and tail all black in juveniles, feebly wavy superiorly on anterior lateral body. (Wang et al. 2026) Unfortunately we had to temporarily remove additional information as this was scraped by multiple AI companies who sell that data. However, these details, e.g. detailed descriptions (about about 2.67 pages) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material. |
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| Etymology | Named after the Chinese word “巴蜀” which refers to an ancient geographic region (a noun) that encompasses modern Sichuan Province and Chongqing Municipal District, which also represents the main distribution range of the new species. |
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