A new species of Dwarf Japalura sensu lato (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) from the upper Mekong River in Eastern Tibet, China, with notes on morphological variation, distribution, and conservation of two congeners along the same river

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4544.4.3

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	A new species of Dwarf Japalura sensu lato (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) from the upper Mekong River in Eastern Tibet, China, with notes on morphological variation, distribution, and conservation of two congeners along the same river
	Wang, Kai 1,5; Jiang, Ke 4,5; Ren, Jinlong 3; Zou, Dahu 5; Wu, Jiawei 2; Che, Jing 4,5; Siler, Cameron D.1
刊名	ZOOTAXA
	2019
卷号	4544 期号:4 页码:505-522
关键词	cryptic diversity habitat destruction lizard new record Three Parallel Rivers Yunnan
ISSN号	1175-5326
DOI	10.11646/zootaxa.4544.4.3
产权排序	4
文献子类	Article
英文摘要	Despite being recognized as ecologically and biogeographically important, the biodiversity of the Hengduan Mountain Region, particularly along the upper Mekong River, remains poorly understood. Here we describe a new species of Mountain Dragon of the genus Japalura sensu lato Gray, 1853 from the headwater region of the Mekong River in Chamdo, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. The species is recognized as a member of the Japalura flaviceps Barbour & Dunn 1919 complex, and it can be distinguished readily from all congeners by a suite of morphological characteristics, including its dwarf appearance (small body size and disproportionally short tails and short hind limbs), smooth or weakly keeled ventral scales, feebly developed vertebral crests in males, and by the absence of distinct gular spots in males and females. In addition to the description of the new species, we also report morphological variations and range extensions of two recently described congeners along the same river, namely J. iadina and J. vela. We discuss the distribution patterns of the genus in the Hengduan Mountain Region and the urgent conservation priorities for protecting Japalura species along the Mekong River. According to our best available data, we provided IUCN assessments of the three species and propos to list them as nationally protected under the Chinese Wildlife Protection Act.
学科主题	Animal Sciences
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WOS关键词	BIODIVERSITY HOTSPOTS ; SAURIA AGAMIDAE ; HISTORY
WOS研究方向	Zoology
语种	英语
出版者	MAGNOLIA PRESS
WOS记录号	WOS:000455659500003
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://210.75.237.14/handle/351003/31027]
专题	食品安全与环境治理领域_中国科学院环境与应用微生物重点实验室
通讯作者	Wang, Kai
作者单位	1.Univ Oklahoma, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum Nat Hist, Dept Biol, Norman, OK 73019 USA; 2.Swild Studio, Chengdu, Sichuan, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Chengdu Inst Biol, Chengdu, Sichuan, Peoples R China; 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Southeast Asia Biodivers Res Inst, Yezin 05282, Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar; 5.Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Zool, Kunming, Yunnan, Peoples R China;
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang, Kai,Jiang, Ke,Ren, Jinlong,et al. A new species of Dwarf Japalura sensu lato (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) from the upper Mekong River in Eastern Tibet, China, with notes on morphological variation, distribution, and conservation of two congeners along the same river[J]. ZOOTAXA,2019,4544(4):505-522.
APA	Wang, Kai.,Jiang, Ke.,Ren, Jinlong.,Zou, Dahu.,Wu, Jiawei.,...&Siler, Cameron D..(2019).A new species of Dwarf Japalura sensu lato (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) from the upper Mekong River in Eastern Tibet, China, with notes on morphological variation, distribution, and conservation of two congeners along the same river.ZOOTAXA,4544(4),505-522.
MLA	Wang, Kai,et al."A new species of Dwarf Japalura sensu lato (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) from the upper Mekong River in Eastern Tibet, China, with notes on morphological variation, distribution, and conservation of two congeners along the same river".ZOOTAXA 4544.4(2019):505-522.