Diploderma fasciatum (MERTENS, 1926)
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Diploderma fasciatum
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| Higher Taxa | Agamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Banded japalure Chinese: 横纹龙蜥 |
| Synonym | Japalura fasciata MERTENS 1926: 146 Japalura fasciata — SMITH 1935: 176 Japalura szechwanensis HU & ZHAO 1966 (fide OTA 2000, WANG et al. 2022) Japalura szechwanensis — KÜHNEL et al. 1995 Japalura fasciata — BARTS & WILMS 2003 Japalura szechwanensis — LIVIGNI 2013: 414 Japalura szechwanensis — RAO et al. 2017 Japalura jinggangense WANG et al. 2017: 62 (fide WANG et al. 2022) Diploderma fasciatum — WANG et al. 2018 Diploderma szechwanensis — GAO et al. 2022 |
| Distribution | Indochina (Tonkin) szechwanensis: China (Sichuan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Hunan, Yunnan). Type locality: Peng Hsien (= Peng Xien) and Tianquan Xien (= Tien Tsuan Hsien), Sichuan (= Szechwan), China. Type locality: apparently not known. The type specimen was included in a collection purchased by the Senckenberg Museum from H. Fruhstorfer as of Tonkin (N Vietnam) without detailed type locality [BOETTGER 1904]. |
| Reproduction | oviparous |
| Types | Holotype: SMF 9871, male (formerly 4310,1a) Holotype: CIB 613047, Paratype: CIB 625131, male, Tien Tsuan Hsien, 1,400 m asl. (= Tianquan Xien), Szechwan, China, Aug. 1962 [szechwanensis] |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Diploderma fasciatum can be differentiated from congeners by a combination of the following characters: (1) body size medium to large, SVL up to 89.9 mm in adults; (2) tail length moderate, TAL 170.2–201.8% SVL in males, 172.2–196.6% in females; (3) forelimb length moderate, FLL 38.5–50.6% SVL; (4) hindlimb relatively short, HLL 55.9– 71.6% SVL; (5) nuchal crests much differentiated from dorsal, large, triangular in shape, CL 7.2–14.0% HL; (6) enlarged scales of dorsum highly differentiated from background scales, conical or sub-pyramidal, each bearing single, distinct medial keel; (7) post-temporal, post-tympanic, and post-rictal conical scales numerous and strongly developed; (8) tympanum concealed; (9) ventral head scales heterogeneous in size, with enlarged gular scales scattered posteriorly and ventro-laterally; (10) F4S 18–25, T4S 21–29; (11) MD 34–49; (12) NSL mostly 0, rarely 1; (13) suborbital scale rows 3, middle row much enlarged; (14) gular pouch moderately developed in life, absent after preservation; (15) dorsolateral stripes absent in both sexes; (16) single hourglass-shaped, Light Greenish Yellow (Color 87) to Chartreuse (Color 89) transverse pattern present on dorsal midbody in both sexes, more profound in males; (17) distinct gular spots absent in both sexes; and (18) tongue and oral cavity Light Sulphur Yellow (Color 93) to Light Chrome Orange (Color 76), with dark gray speckles present towards the posterior lateral sides of oral cavity. (Wang et al. 2022) Additional details (3498 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | Similar species: D. grahami (which may be a synonym) |
| Etymology | Named after Latin fascia = band, for the dorsal cross-bands in this species. |
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