Diploderma drukdaypo (WANG, REN, JIANG, ZOU, WU, CHE & SILER, 2019)
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Diploderma drukdaypo
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| Higher Taxa | Agamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Dwarf Mountain Dragon Chinese: 侏龙蜥 (Pinyin: Zhu Long Xi) or 侏攀蜥 (Pinying: Zhu Pan Xi) |
| Synonym | Japalura drukdaypo WANG, REN, JIANG, ZOU, WU, CHE & SILER in WANG et al. 2019 Japalura flaviceps — HU et al. 1987 Japalura flaviceps — ZHAO & YANG 1997 Japalura flaviceps — LI et al. 2010 Japalura cf. flaviceps — WANG et al. 2015 Japalura cf. flaviceps — WANG et al. 2016 Diploderma drukdaypo — WANG 2019 (pers. comm.) |
| Distribution | China (Tibet = Xizang) Type locality: Chaya County, Chamdo, Tibet, China (30.7294 ̊ N, 97.3808 ̊ E, elevation 3,310 m; WGS 84 |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. KIZ 027616, adult male, collected by Kai WANG on 19 June 2016 (Figs. 1, 2). Paratypes. KIZ 027617–19, 027629–30, adult females collected by Kai WANG and Gadeng NIMA on 19 June 2016; KIZ 027628, adult male collected by Kai WANG and Gadeng NIMA on 21 June 2016. KIZ 016486, adult female from Kanuo, Chamdo, Tibet, China (31.0433 ̊ N, 97.2239 ̊ E, elevation 3,245 m; WGS 84), collected by Dahu ZOU and Fang YAN on 13 May 2015. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Japalura drukdaypo sp. nov. can be distinguished from all congeners by a combination of the following morphological characteristics: (1) adult body size small, SVL 49.85–58.93 mm; (2) head moderate, HW 65.94–75.16% HL; (3) limbs relatively short, FLL 37.52–45.40% SVL, HLL 58.18–63.75% SVL; (4) tail relatively short, TAL 153.01–154.40% SVL in males, 132.84–143.95% SVL in females; (5) transverse gular fold present, well developed; (6) tympanum concealed; (7) MD 43–56; (8) T4S 18–25; (9) ventral head and body scales feebly keeled or smooth; (10) nuchal and dorsal crest scales feebly developed, not distinctively erected or raised on skin folds; (11) dorsal enlarged scales relatively flat; (12) gular spots absent in both sexes; and (13) dorsolateral stripes present in both sexes, jagged, bright sulphur yellow in males, medium chrome orange in females. |
| Comment | Authorship: the order of authors is different in the actual description and at the beginning of the paper, but there are the same authors. |
| Etymology | The species name, drukdaypo, was derived from the pronunciation of the Kham Tibetan word that means “dwarf dragon”, which describes the diagnostic dwarf-morphology of the new species. We name the new species using Kham Tibetan in honor of the local culture and people, as well as their positive impacts on wildlife conservation. Suggested English common name is: Dwarf Mountain Dragon, and the suggested Chinese common name is 1f (Pinying: Zhu Pan Xi). |
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