Tropidophorus vongx WANG, LI, MU, XU & CHE, 2024
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Tropidophorus vongx
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| Higher Taxa | Scincidae, Sphenomorphinae (Sphenomorphini), Scincoidea, Sauria, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
| Common Names | E: Dragon Water Skink Chinese: 招龙棱蜥” (Pinyin: Zhao Long Leng Xi) |
| Synonym | Tropidophorus vongx WANG, LI, MU, XU & CHE 2024 Tropidophorus berdmorei — WANG et al. 2022: Appendix I |
| Distribution | China (Yunnan) Type locality: Gulinqing, Maguan County, Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China (103.990306°E, 22.738171‚N, elevation 810m). |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype. KIZ 54236, adult male. Collected by Kai Wang, Hao- Nan Mu, Sheng-Jing Xu, Zhi-Ying Wang, and Dan-Yang Zhou on 11 August, 2023. Paratype. KIZ 55737, adult female from the same locality as the holotype. Collected by Xiang-Jin Liu on 4 November 2023. |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: The new species can be diagnosed from congeners by a combination of the following characters: (1) SVL 90.9–102.8mm in adults; (2) head triangular, distinctively swollen at jaw, HW 90.7% HL; (3) head, body, and tail distinctively compressed, HD 67.2% HW, BD 9–10% SVL, TALD 9% SVL; (4) head scales smooth dorsally and anterolaterally, weakly keeled posterolaterally; (5) supralabials 7, infralabials 5–6, each bearing a single lateral keel; (6) frontonasal divided; (7) paravertebral scales smooth or only feebly keeled, not widen, 56–59; (8) dorsolateral and lateral body scales distinctively keeled; (9) midbody scale rows 28; (10) ventrals 48–49; (11) lamellae under fourth finger 13–15, lamellae under fourth toe 19–21; (12) scale rows at 10th subcaudal 11–12; (13) in male, dorsal background Raw Umber (Color 280), with Cinnamon (Color 255) to Light orange Yellow (Color 77) transverse streaks and spots, ventral surface Light orange Yellow (Color 77); and in female, dorsal color uniformly Vandyke Brown (Color 281) without pattern, ventral surface uniform Smoky White (Color 261). (Wang et al. 2024) Additional details (2758 characters) are available for collaborators and contributors. Please contact us for details. |
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