Takydromus albomaculosus WANG, GONG, LIU & WANG, 2017
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Takydromus albomaculosus
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| Higher Taxa | Lacertidae, Lacertinae, Sauria, Lacertoidea, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | Chinese: 天井山草蜥 |
| Synonym | Takydromus albomaculosus WANG, GONG, LIU & WANG 2017 |
| Distribution | China (Guangdong) Type locality: Tianjingshan Forestry Station (24.69°N, 113.03°E; 699 m elevation (datum = WGS84; see Fig. 1), Ruyuan County, Guangdong Province, China. |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: SYS r001624, adult male, collected on 1 May 2009 by Shi-Ping Gong. Paratype. SYS r001292, adult female, from the Zhongdong Village (24.69° N, 112.98°E; 618 m a.s.l., datum = WGS84), Ruyuan County, Guangdong Province, China, collected on 31 July 2015 by Ying-Yong Wang. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Takydromus albomaculosus sp. nov. differs from other species of the genus Takydromus by a combination of the following characteristics: (1) body size large, SVL 70.9 mm in female, 65.5 mm in male; (2) hindlimb relatively long in male, HLL 55% of SVL, 1.11 times as long as ALL; (3) subdigital lamellae 23–24 under the fourth finger, 29–30 under fourth toe; (4) chin-shields four on each side; (5) femoral pores, three or four on each side; (6) supraoculars three, rarely four, the posterior loreal either in contact with the anteriormost supraocular or not; (7) supraciliary granules present; (8) presence of six ventral scale rows, strongly keeled in male, smooth but outermost row keeled in female; (9) enlarged and keeled lateral scales in a row above ventrals, but shorter than ventrals; (10) presence of a pair of white longitudinal dorsolateral stripes and a pair of white longitudinal ventrolateral stripes; (11) dorsal surface brown, ventral surface green, flank dark brown or brown black with several particular white round spots. Additional details (5858 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
| Comment | |
| Etymology | The specific name “albomaculosus” refers to the “white round spots” on the flanks of body, which are the diagnostic features of this new species. |
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