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Ptyctolaemus tongbiguanensis LIU, ZHU, HOU, DUAN, ZUO, YIN & RAO, 2026

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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Tongbiguan fan‐throated lizard”
Chinese: 铜壁关喉褶蜥 
SynonymPtyctolaemus tongbiguanensis LIU, ZHU, HOU, DUAN, ZUO, YIN & RAO 2026 
DistributionChina (Yunnan)

Type locality: Daonong Village, Nabang Town, Yingjiang County, Dehong Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China (24°40'39" N, 97°35'18" E, 580 m elevation)  
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype. KIZ 20140059, adult male, collected on 14 September 2013 by Xiaoyu Zhu.
Paratype. KIZ 059188, adult female, 5 September 2018, the same collection site as the holotype. 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: The new species is assigned to the genus Ptyctolaemus based upon the following set of morphological characteristics: body size medium, body and limbs slender, tail and limbs long, tympanum concealed, nuchal crest undeveloped, dorsal scales small and heteroge‐ neous in size, gular region with foldable colored dewlap in males. The new species can be distinguished from its congeners by a combination of the following morphological charac‐ teristics: SVL 68–79 mm, ratio of tail length to snout–vent length 2.45–2.60, ratio of fore‐ limb length to snout–vent length 0.46–0.48, ratio of hindlimb length to snout–vent length 0.91–0.93, nuchal crest low and flat, nuchal crest spines 12–21, scales around midbody 86– 88, subdigital lamellae under fourth toe 36–37, dewlap light yellow with black stripes in males and no colorful dewlap in females, oral cavity light blue, tongue bluish gray. (Liu et al. 2026)


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References
  • Liu, S., Zhu, X., Hou, M., Duan, Z., Zuo, C., Yin, F., & Rao, D. 2026. A New Species of the Genus Ptyctolaemus Peters, 1864 (Squamata, Agamidae) from Yunnan, China. Taxonomy, 6(1): 4 - get paper here
 
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