Diploderma swild WANG, WU, JIANG, CHEN, MIAO, SILER & CHE, 2019
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Diploderma swild
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| Higher Taxa | Agamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Swild Mountain Dragon Chinese: 山地龙蜥 (Pinyin: Shan Di Long Xi) |
| Synonym | Diploderma swild WANG, WU, JIANG, CHEN, MIAO, SILER & CHE 2019 Japalura dymondi — DENG et al. 1991: 27 Japalura flaviceps — DENG et al. 1991: 27 Japalura dymondi — ZHAO et al. 1999: 110–111 Japalura flaviceps — ZHAO et al. 1999: 111–115 Japalura dymondi — ZHAO 2003: 82–83 Japalura flaviceps — ZHAO 2003: 84 |
| Distribution | China (Sichuan) Type locality: Hongbao Village, Yanbian County, Panzhihua District, Sichuan Province, China (WGS 84, E101.558°, N27.104°, 2 318 m a.s.l.). |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: KIZ 034912, adult male, collected by Ben-Fu Miao on October 15, 2017. Paratype: CIB 1871/105074, adult male from Xichang, Liangshan Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China, collector and collecting time unknown. KIZ 034913, adult female; KIZ 034914, 034894, sub-adult males, collected by Ben-Fu Miao on August 2017. KIZ 040935, adult male, collected by Ben-Fu Miao and Kai Wang on April 10, 2019; KIZ 040124, sub-adult female; KIZ 040125–27, adult females, collected by Kai Wang, Jia-Wei Wu, Gedeng Nima, and Ben-Fu Miao on April 23, 2018. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: The new species can be diagnosed from congeners by a combination of the following morphological characteristics: (1) body length moderate, SVL 59.8 – 71.7 mm in adult males, 57.2 – 76.8 mm in adult females; (2) tail long, TAL 224.4% – 239.0% SVL in adult males, 200.4% – 221.0% in adult females; (3) hind limbs moderate, HLL 66.9% – 78.1% SVL; (4) head length, width, and depth moderate, HL 30.8%– 32.5% SVL, HW 64.9%–71.9% HL, HD 50.0%–54.1% HL, HD 73.4%–80.6% HW; (4) MD 35–44; (5) F4S 18–22; (6) T4S 23– 27; (7) tympana exposed; (8) tympana moderate in size, TD 26.7%–49.2% OD; (9) nuchal crest tall, clearly differentiated from dorsal crests, TNC 12.0% – 12.4% HL in adult males, 8.1% – 11.8% in adult females; (10) transverse gular fold present, relatively shallow; (11) ventral scales of head and body distinctively keeled; (12) ventral head and ventrolateral body scales largely homogeneous in size with few enlarged scales scattered randomly; (13) gular spots absent in both sexes; (14) dorsolateral stripes distinct in males, smooth edged, Chartreuse (Color 89) in color; faint or indistinct in females, White, Cream Color (Color 12), or Spectrum Yellow (Color 79) in color; (15) ventral body white with Jet Black (Color 300) speckles or with two wide, parallel, Light Yellow Ocher (Color 13) lateral patches distributed from chest to region anterior to vent; and (16) anterior oral cavity and tongue Light Chrome Orange (Color 76), posterior parts of palate marbled Dark Neutral Gray (Color 299). |
| Comment | Habitat: arboreal, in broad-leaf forest at elevation between 1 800–2 200 m a.s.l. (Figure 1 in Wang et al. 2019). Individuals were observed foraging both on trees and on the ground during the day, but only resting on twigs or thin stems of bushes at night from about 1 m to 2–3 m above ground. D. swild inhabits the moister, montane area that is further away from the much dryer main course of the Jinsha River, where D. dymondi lives. |
| Etymology | The specific name "swild", which is a noun, is derived from the name of the Chinese Conservation Organization, Swild Studio ( 西 南 山 地 工 作 室). We name the species after the organization in honoring its continuous contributions on promoting citizen science, nature photography, and public outreach on the wildlife conservation in Southwest China, particularly in the Hengduan Mountain Regions where the new species is native. |
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