Acanthosaura phongdienensis NGUYEN, JIN, VO, NGUYEN, ZHOU, CHE, MURPHY & ZHANG, 2019
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Acanthosaura phongdienensis
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| Higher Taxa | Agamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
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| Synonym | Acanthosaura phongdienensis NGUYEN, JIN, VO, NGUYEN, ZHOU, CHE, MURPHY & ZHANG 2019 |
| Distribution | Vietnam (Thua Thien-Hue) Type locality: 16° 28’ 03.6” N, 107° 16’ 40.8” E, at Phong Dien Nature Reserve, Thua Thien-Hue Province, Vietnam, about 197 m elevation |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: KIZ 10695, an adult male collected on 22 October 2010 by Robert W. Murphy, Wei-Wei Zhou, Ba Dinh Vo, Luan Thanh Nguyen, and Sang Ngoc Nguyen. Paratypes: ROM 48013 and ITBCZ 6830, adult males; KIZ 10657, KIZ 10697, and ITBCZ 6831, adult females; and KIZ 10617, a sub-adult male (Table 3). Other data were the same as for the holotype except for KIZ 10464, which was collected in September 2010 at an elevation of 1019 m a.s.l. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Medium size, SVL 73–77 mm in males and 59–65 mm in females; TL much longer than SVL; rostral scute entire; nuchal spine at middle of nuchal crest and tympanum; tympanum naked; postorbital spine about one half of ED; nuchal and dorsal crests continuous (Figs. 2–4); lateral scales small, intermixed with large, keeled scales whose keels point backward and back-upward; SL 9–12; IL 10–11. |
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| Etymology | The specific epithet phongdienensis refers to the Vietnamese name Phong Ðiền Nature Reserve where the new species was discovered. |
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