Dopasia motuoensis WANG, MU, GUO, ZHAO, DEEPAK, DAS & CHE, 2026
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Dopasia motuoensis
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| Higher Taxa | Anguidae (Anguinae), Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Medog Glass Lizard Chinese: 墨脱脆蛇蜥 |
| Synonym | Dopasia motuoensis WANG, MU, GUO, ZHAO, DEEPAK, DAS & CHE in WANG et al. 2026: 37 Ophisaurus gracilis — HU et al., 1987: 124 Ophisaurus gracilis — LI et al., 2010: 127–128 Ophisaurus gracilis — ZHAO & ADLER, 1993: 199 Ophisaurus gracilis — ZHAO et al., 1999: 199–202 Dopasia gracilis — CHE et al., 2020: 548 Dopasia gracilis — KUNDU et al., 2020: 3229 Dopasia gracilis — CAI et al., 2025 Dopasia gracilis — LU et al., 2025 |
| Distribution | China (Xizang) Type locality: Motuo County, Xizang Autonomous Region, China |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. KIZ 011024, adult male collected by Ke Jiang and Pi-Peng Li, on 28 May 2011. Paratypes. KIZ 011069, 011070, 012711, 09363, juveniles; all share the same collecting information as the holotype; CIB 3251, adult male, collected by Er-Mi Zhao and Xue-En Wu from Beibeng, Motuo County, Linzhi Prefecture, Xizang Autonomous Region, China (elevation 800m) during 1973; CIB 3252, adult female, collected by Er-Mi Zhao and Xue-En Wu from locality between Beibeng and Bujiang Mountain in Motuo County, Linzhi Prefecture, Xizang Autonomous Region, China (elevation 1100m) on 22 July 1976; CIB 84771, adult male, collected by Sheng-Quan Li from Beibeng, Motuo County, Linzhi Prefecture, Xizang Autonomous Region, China (elevation 1100m) on 27 July 1983; CIB 107843 and 107844, juveniles collected by Feng Xie and Sheng-Chao Shi from the locality between Ya-Rang and Xi-Gong-Qiao in Motuo County, Linzhi Prefecture, Xizang Autonomous Region, China (elevation 896m) on 30 May 2017. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Dopasia motuoensis sp. nov. can be diagnosed from all other species of Dopasia by a combination of the following morphological characteristics: (1) body slender and long, size moderate, adult SVL 128.7– 177.6mm; (2) tail slender, long, TAL 193.5% SVL adult, 223.5–243.9% SVL in juveniles; (3) nasal separated from frontonasal by three scales; (4) prefrontals mostly in contact; (5) external ear openings distinct, similar or larger than nostrils; (6) dorsal scales along lateral fold 88–99; (7) transverse cyan streaks without black edging on anterior side present in adult males, adult females without black dorsolateral stripes that extend beyond one third of its body length from cloaca; (8) laterally arranged cyan streaks or spots absent in adult males; (9) laterally arranged small black dots present on lateral head in juveniles, and thin, black dorsolateral stripes present on only posterior body in juveniles; (10) black ventrolateral stripes present on ventral tail in both adults and juveniles; and (11) PPV 50 or 51. (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 less than half a page) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material. |
| Comment | Distribution: Possibly in Northeast India. |
| Etymology | Named after the type locality in Motuo County in Xizang Autonomous Region, China. |
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