A new species of the genus Acanthosaura from Yunnan, China (Squamata, Agamidae)

By

Liu, Shuo
Rao, Dingqi

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

888

Pages

105--132

Subjects

crucigera , Dehong , lepidogaster , Tongbiguan

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.888.38491

 

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).