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

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Higher Taxa	Agamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies
Common Names	E: Panchi Mountain Dragon Chinese: 蟠螭龙蜥(Pinyin: Pan Chi Long Xi)
Synonym	Diploderma 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 Diploderma panchiensis — WANG et al. 2024 (in error)
Distribution	China (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
Types	Holotype: 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.
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Comment
Etymology	The 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 Wang, Y., Lin, X., Zheng, P., Hou, Y., Wang, G., Gong, Y., ... & Xie, F. 2024. Species richness, composition, distribution and conservation status of herpetofauna in a global hotspot: The Mountains of Southwest China. Global Ecology and Conservation, e03122 - 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
External links	National Center for Biotechnology Information http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:833577B9-CF79-4E8E-AC83… Google images

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