10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2019.034
A new species of Mountain Dragon (Reptilia:Agamidae: Diploderma) from the D.dymondi complex in southern Sichuan Province, China
DEAR EDITOR,Despite continuous studies on the cryptic diversity of the Diploderma flaviceps complex in Southwest China for the past decade,little attention has been given to other widespread congeners in China.Combining both morphological and phylogenetic data,we describe a new species of Diploderma from populations identified previously as D.dymondi in the lower Yalong River Basin in southern Sichuan Province.The new species is morphologically most similar to D.dymondi and D.varcoae,but it can be differentiated by a considerable genetic divergence and a suite of morphological characters,including having taller nuchal crest scales,smaller tympana,and a distinct oral coloration.Additionally,we discuss other putative species complexes within the genus Diploderma in China.
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This research was supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of SciencesXDA20050201;National Key Research and Development Program of China2017YFC0505202;the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research STEP program2019QZKK0501;the Animal Branch of the Germplasm Bank of Wild Species CAS Large Research Infrastructure Funding to J.Che;NSF GRFP 2017216966to K.Wang;the cooperative program of the State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution,KIZ GREKF16-12 to C.Siler and J.Che
2019-11-20（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
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