Distribution extension of Calotes irawadi Zug, Brown, Schulte & Vindum, 2006, previously confused with C. versicolor (Daudin, 1802): first record from China

By

Liu, Shuo
Zuo, Chang-Sheng
Rao, Dingqi

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021-3-15

Original Publication

Herpetozoa

Volume

34

Pages

83--88

Subjects

Agamidae , lizard , mtDNA , Tongbiguan Nature Reserve , Western Yunnan

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/herpetozoa.34.e62596

 

Abstract

We report the first country record of Calotes irawadi, identified previously as C. versicolor, from China based on four specimens collected from Tongbiguan Nature Reserve, Western Yunnan, China. Morphologically, the specimens show good agreement with the original description of C. irawadi, and phylogenetically clustered with specimens (including holotype) of C. irawadi from Myanmar with strong support. This is also the first record of C. irawadi from outside Myanmar.