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

Abstract. A new species of Acanthosaura from 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 considered A. lepidogaster a...

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Autores principales: Liu, Shuo, Rao, Dingqi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2019
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6861339/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31754322
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.888.38491
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Sumario:Abstract. A new species of Acanthosaura from 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 considered A. lepidogaster although it more closely resembles A. 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).

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