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A new species of the genus Acanthosaura from Yunnan, China (Squamata, Agamidae)
- Source :
- ZooKeys 888: 105-132, ZooKeys, Vol 888, Iss, Pp 105-132 (2019)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Pensoft Publishers, 2019.
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Abstract
- A new species ofAcanthosaurafrom Yunnan, China is described based on unique morphometric and meristic external characters and a very distinctive color pattern. The fourteenth species recorded of this genus,Acanthosaura tongbiguanensissp. nov., was previously consideredA. lepidogasteralthough it more closely resemblesA. crucigera. It can be separated from all other species of the genus by having different numbers of subdigital lamellae on the fourth finger and toe, and a different shape of the black eye patch. The new species differs genetically from investigated congeners by percentage distance of 14.46% to 23.27% (cytochrome b gene).
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
Reptilia
Squamata
Fourth finger
010607 zoology
Zoology
Dehong
Agamidae
010603 evolutionary biology
01 natural sciences
Genus
lcsh:Zoology
Animalia
lcsh:QL1-991
Chordata
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
crucigera
biology
Cytochrome b
Acanthosaura
lepidogaster
Tongbiguan
biology.organism_classification
Animal Science and Zoology
Meristics
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13132970 and 13132989
- Volume :
- 888
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- ZooKeys
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....56a16bf1ab2fedb144a7e0d447fa57ae