Leiolepis guentherpetersi DAREVSKY & KUPRIYANOVA, 1993
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Higher Taxa | Agamidae (Leiolepididae or Leiolepidinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
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Common Names | E: Peters’ Butterfly Lizard G: Peters’ Schmetterlingsagame |
Synonym | Leiolepis guentherpetersi DAREVSKY & KUPRIYANOVA 1993 Leiolepis guentherpetersi — MALYSHEVA et al. 2006 Leiolepis guentherpetersi — GRISMER et al. 2014 |
Distribution | C Vietnam (Binhtrithien, Quangnam-Danang) Type locality: Thuy Phu, 17 km SE of Hue, Binhtrithien Province, central Vietnam. |
Reproduction | ovovivparous. Triploid, parthenogenetic species. The parental origins are northern L. guttata (M) × extinct or unsampled population of L. reevesii (P) which hybridized once to create diploid ancestor; Diploid ancestor × L. reevesii (P) (GRISMER et al. 2014). |
Types | Holotype: ZISP 20326 |
Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Large unisexual triploid (3n = 54) species. Different from all other Leiolepis species by the following combination of characters: Snout-vent length up to 156 mm; rostral 3-3,5 times as wide as high; 17-20 ventral scales between the median line of the belly and the small dorsal scales; 14-18 enlarged scales across the lower part of the tibia; fourth toe with 40-43 subdigital scales; femoral pores 21-23; 38-43 scales between the light dorsolateral stripes; median dorsal stripe absent; transverse stripes formed by rows of 4-5 light oval spots produce a characteristic reticulum between dorsolateral stripes (Darevsky & Kupriyanova 1993). |
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Etymology | Named after Günther Peters (1932–2023), German herpetologist. See Bischoff et al. 2023 for biographical notes. |
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