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Pseudocalotes bapoensis (YANG, SU & LI, 1979)

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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common Names 
SynonymCalotes kingdonwardi bapoensis YANG, SU & LI 1979
Calotes kingdonwardi bapoensis — MANTHEY 2008: 72
Japalura bapoensis — YANG & RAO 2008
Pseudocalotes kingdonwardi — MAHONY 2010 (see comment)
Pseudocalotes (kingdonwardi) bapoensis — WANG et al. 2018 
DistributionChina (Yunnan)

Type locality: Bapo, Gongshan Xian, Yunnan, elevation 1450 m.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: KIZ 730010, male; Paratype: KIZ 730036, female 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: differs from kingdonwardi in having subquadrangular smooth scales on the mandibular area, except for the central row, and granula scales on the gular scac, and the hindlimb reaching to the posterior angle of the mouth (Yang et al. 1979: 188). 
CommentSynonymy: See also Pseudocalotes kingdonwardi. Wang et al. 2018 “cannot evaluate whether P. k. bapoensis deserves full species status at this time” but they “conservatively treat bapoensis as a subspecies of P. kingdonwardi”. 
EtymologyP. k. bapoensis has been named after the type locality (Bapo). 
References
  • MAHONY, STEPHEN 2010. Systematic and taxomonic revaluation of four little known Asian agamid species, Calotes kingdonwardi Smith, 1935, Japalura kaulbacki Smith, 1937, Salea kakhienensis Anderson, 1879 and the monotypic genus Mictopholis Smith, 1935 (Reptilia: Agamidae). Zootaxa 2514: 1–23 - get paper here
  • Manthey U 2008. Agamid lizards of Southern Asia, Draconinae 1. Terralog 7, 160 pp.
  • Wang, Kai; Jing Che, Simin Lin, V Deepak, Datta-Roy Aniruddha, Ke Jiang, Jieqiong Jin, Hongman Chen, Cameron D Siler; 2018. Multilocus phylogeny and revised classification for mountain dragons of the genus Japalura s.l. (Reptilia: Agamidae: Draconinae) from Asia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, , zly034, - get paper here
  • Yang D T; Su C Y; Li S M 1979. New species and new subspecies of amphibians and reptiles from Gaoligong Shan, Yunnan. Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 4(2) 1979: 185-188
 
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