Dopasia rubriterrae WANG, MU, GUO, GUO, ZHU, HUANG, DEEPAK, DAS & CHE, 2026
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Dopasia rubriterrae
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| Higher Taxa | Anguidae (Anguinae), Diploglossa, Anguimorpha, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | Chinese: 红土脆蛇蜥 E: Yungui Glass Lizard |
| Synonym | Dopasia rubriterrae WANG, MU, GUO, GUO, ZHU, HUANG, DEEPAK, DAS & CHE 2026: 39 Ophisaurus gracilis — WU et al., 1985: 86–88 Ophisaurus gracilis — ZHAO & Yang, 1997: 182 Ophisaurus gracilis — ZHAO et al., 1999: 200–202 Ophisaurus gracilis — YANG & Rao, 2008: 205–206 Dopasia gracilis — RAO 2020: 140 Dopasia gracilis — WANG et al. 2022 Dopasia gracilis — CAI 2023: 42 Dopasia gracilis — CAI et al., 2025 Dopasia harti — RAO 2020: 136 |
| Distribution | China (Yunnan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou) Type locality: Mengzi County, Honghe Hani, and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. KIZ 54301, adult male. Collected by locals on July 27, 2023. Paratypes. KIZ 54241, 54303, 54322, all adults, KIZ 54094, juvenile, all share the same collecting information as the holotype; KIZ 55731, adult male from Yuxi, Yunnan Province, China; KIZ 56849, adult, from Menghai County, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China; KIZ 56848, subadult, from Jinghong, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China; KIZ 59759, adult female from Anning, Kunming, Yunnan Province, China; CIB 102873, 102874, 102875, adults from Mengzi County, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China; CIB 107561, adult from Menghai County, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China; CIB 3247, 3245, both adults from Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture without more detailed locality information; CIB 3248, adult from Jingdong County, Puer, Yunnan Province, China; CIB 3249. 3250, 3229–3243, 3249, 3250, all from Longshan District, Anlong County, Guizhou Province, China; GKJ 0001, from Nandan County, Hechi, Guangxi Autonomous Region, China; YBU 11206, from Cenwanglao Mountain, Tianlin County, Baise, Guangxi Autonomous Region, China; ANU HSR 21129–21132, from Guangxi Autonomous Region, China (detailed locality unknown). |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Dopasia rubriterrae 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 120.1–195.5mm; (2) tail slender, long, TAL 231.7–274.9% SVL; (3) prefrontals mostly not in contact; (4) nasal separated from frontonasal by two rows of postinternasals and single supranasal; (5) external ear openings large, similar or larger than nostrils; (6) dorsal scales along lateral fold 87–98; (7) transverse cyan streaks present on dorsum in adults, each with distinct black edging anteriorly; (8) laterally arranged cyan streaks or spots absent in adults; (9) thin, black dorsolateral stripes present and extending anteriorly to nasal in juveniles, but absent or only faint on posterior body and tail in adults; (10) black ventrolateral stripes absent on ventral tail and body; 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 about 2.71 pages) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us if you need any of this material. |
| Comment | Distribution: possibly in N Vietnam and N Laos, fide Wang et al. 2026. |
| Etymology | Named after Latin rubriterrae meaning “red soil”. It describes the characteristic soil type of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, in which the new species inhabits. |
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