Diploderma brevicauda (MANTHEY, DENZER, HOU & WANG, 2012)
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Diploderma brevicauda
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| Higher Taxa | Agamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | Chinese: 短尾龙蜥 |
| Synonym | Japalura brevicauda MANTHEY, DENZER, HOU & WANG 2012 Japalura flaviceps BARBOUR & DUNN 1919: 16 (part.) Japalura yunnanensis WERNER 1924: 41 (part.) Diploderma brevicaudum — WANG et al. 2018 Diploderma brevicaudum — WANG et al. 2021 Diploderma brevicauda — SITTHIVONG et al. 2023 |
| Distribution | China (NW Yunnan) Type locality: Snow Mt. Village, 2740 m (ca. 27°05’N, 100°11’E), 19 km north of Lijiang, Northwestern Yunnan, PR China |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: AMNH 19879 (male, paratype of J. flaviceps), collected by R. C. Andrews and Edmund Heller, November 1916. Paratypes. ZMB 28932 (female), eastern slopes of the Yulong Snow Mountains, near Lijiang (ca. 26°53’N, 100°11’E, > 2500 m asl.), collected by Camillo Schneider some time between July and October 1914; AMNH 19878 (female, paratype of J. flaviceps), temple on a mountain (2590 m) overlooking Lijiang, collected by R. C. Andrews and Edmund Heller on 11th October 1916; NMW 20853 (juv.), Lijiang collected by Heinrich Freiherr von Handel-Mazzetti, June 1915. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Medium sized, short-tailed Japalura species with short and robust limbs, that differs from all other species of this genus by the following combination of characters: SVL up to 64 mm, ratio TL/SVL ≤ 150%; ratio FLL/SVL ≤ 39.5%; T4S 16–20; 34–38 MD, tympanum concealed, transverse gular fold present. |
| Comment | Synonymy: partly after MANTHEY et al. 2012. |
| Etymology | The name brevicauda (Lat. brevis = short, cauda = tail) means short tailed reflecting this morphological feature of the new species. The name brevicauda is neuter already, hence there is no need to call it brevicaudum. |
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