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Diploderma panchi WANG, ZHENG, XIE, CHE & SILER, 2020

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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Panchi Mountain Dragon
Chinese: 蟠螭龙蜥(Pinyin: Pan Chi Long Xi) 
SynonymDiploderma panchi WANG, ZHENG, XIE, CHE & SILER in WANG et al. 2020: 245
Japalura flaviceps — ZHAO et al. 1999: 111
Japalura flaviceps — ZHAO 2003: 84
Diploderma panchi — DONG et al. 2024: 483 
DistributionChina (Sichuan: Yajiang County)

Type locality: upper Yalong River Valley near Yajiang Township, Yajiang County, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, northwest Sichuan Province, China (30.0414° N, 101.0108° E, elevation 2,663 m).
 
Reproduction 
TypesHolotype: KIZ 032715, adult female. Collected by Kai WANG and Nima DADENG in May 22, 2017.
Paratypes: KIZ 032716, 032717, 032729, adult females, same collecting information as for the holotype. 
DiagnosisAdditional details, e.g. a detailed description or comparisons (9144 characters), are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. 
Comment 
EtymologyThe species name “panchi” is derived from the name of female dragons (Chinese 蟠螭, Pinyin: Pan Chi) in the ancient Chinese literature, 汉书·司马相如传). 
References
  • DONG, W., LI, L., XUN, H., GAO, W., WANG, K., & CHE, J. 2024. Extended Descriptions and Revised Diagnoses of Three Recently Described, Little-Known Mountain Dragons (Reptilia: Agamidae: Diploderma) from the Yalong River Valley in Southwest China. Zootaxa, 5463(4): 479-500
  • Wang, K., Ren, J. L., Jiang, K., Wu, J. W., Yang, C. H., Xu, H. M., ... & Che, J. 2019. Revised distributions of some species in the genus Diploderma (Reptilia: Agamidae) in China. Sichuan J. Zool, 38(5), 481-495
  • Wang, K., Ren, J., Wu, J., Jiang, K., Jin, J., Hou, S., ... & Che, J. 2020. Systematic revision of mountain dragons (Reptilia: Agamidae: Diploderma) in China, with descriptions of six new species and discussion on their conservation. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 59(1), 222-263 (published online 2020)
  • Wang, Kai; Jing Che, Simin Lin, V Deepak, Datta-Roy Aniruddha, Ke Jiang, Jieqiong Jin, Hongman Chen, Cameron D Siler; 2018. Multilocus phylogeny and revised classification for mountain dragons of the genus Japalura s.l. (Reptilia: Agamidae: Draconinae) from Asia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, , zly034, - get paper here
  • WANG, Kai; Ke JIANG, Da-Hu ZOU, Fang YAN, Cameron D. SILER, Jing CHE 2016. Two new species of Japalura (Squamata: Agamidae) from the Hengduan Mountain Range, China. Zoological Research 37(1): 41-56, DOI: 10.13918/j.issn.2095-8137.2016.1.41 - get paper here
  • Zhao E. M., Zhao K., Zhou K. Y. 1999. Fauna Sinica, Reptilia, Vol. 2, Squamata, Lacertilia. [In Chinese] Beijing: Science Press, 394 pp
  • Zhao, E & Yang, D. 1997. Amphibians and Reptiles of the Hengduan Mountain Region. [in Chinese] Science Press, Beijing, 303 pp.
  • Zhao, E. (ed.) 2003. Coloured atlas of Sichuan reptiles [in Chinese]. Beijing, China Forestry Publishing House
 
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