Diploderma kangdingense CAI, ZHANG, LI, DU, XIE, HOU, ZHOU & JIANG, 2022
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Diploderma kangdingense
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| Higher Taxa | Agamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Kangding Mountain Lizard Chinese: 康定攀蜥 (kāng dìng pān xī) |
| Synonym | Diploderma kangdingense CAI, ZHANG, LI, DU, XIE, HOU, ZHOU & JIANG 2022 Japalura flaviceps — ZHAO et al.1999: 111 (part.) Japalura flaviceps — ZHAO, 2003: 84 (part.) Japalura flaviceps — CAI et al. 2018 (part.) Diploderma kangdingense— DONG et al. 2024 |
| Distribution | China (Sichuan) Type locality: Pusharong Village (29.417275°N, 101.159856°E; at elevation 2409 m a.s.l.), Pusharong Township, Kangding City, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: CIB119356, Adult male (filed number 20210917), collected by Huaming ZHOU and Jing LI on August, 2021. Allotype Adult female, CIB119357 (filed number 20210916), also collected from Pusharong Village (29.417272°N, 101.165431°E; at elevation 2432m a.s.l.), Pusharong Township, Kangding City, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China, collected by Huaming ZHOU and Jing LI on August, 2021. Paratypes: 20210913 (female , 29.420342 N, 101.144353 E; at elevation 2421 m a.s.l.), 20210914 (subadult, share the same locality as 20210913) and 20210915 (female, 29.419633 N, 101.143456 E; at elevation 2430m a.s.l.) were collected from Bosihe Town of Yajiang County by Huaming ZHOU and Jing LI on August, 2021; KD2021080101 (male), KD2021080102 (♂) and KD2021080104 (male), KD2021080103 (female), KD2021080105 (female) collected from Pusharong Village (29.419742 N, 101.153925 E; at elevation 2430 m a.s.l.), and the collecting information same as the holotype. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Diploderma kangdingense sp. nov. can be mainly distinguished from other Diploderma species by the following features: 1) TAL/SVL 204.8%–227.1% (average 213.2%) in males, and 156.1%–192.5% (average 181.2%) in females; 2) TRL/SVL 46.8%–48.6% in males and 50.1%–56.8% in females; 3) T4S 20–25 (average 23) and F4S 16–20 (average 17); 4) bright transverse stripes on dorsal body, especially in males in life; 5) ventral scales distinctively keeled; 6) tympanum concealed; 7) transverse gular fold deep in both sexes, and males having a distinct pouch across throat; 8) inner-lip smoky white, and tongue and oral cavity light flesh color; 9) dark stripe patterns on the ventral head; 10) gular spot present in males (yellow), and absent in females; 11) dorsolateral stripes strongly jagged, and yellow in males while front yellow, rear grey or sandy brown in females; 12) radial stripesbeloweyesabsent;13)ventrolateralbodyyellowtolight yellow, with yellow or white spots in males, light grey to smoky white with white or wheat spots in females; 14) fourth toe with claw reaching eye when hindlimbs adpressed forward; 15) well-developed skin folds under nuchal crest present in males only, vertebral crest discontinuous between nuchal and dorsal sections with gap. (Cai et al. 2022) Additional details (5453 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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| Etymology | Named after Kangding City, the capital of Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, which is located in the east of Ganzi in Sichuan Province. |
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