A New Species of Japalura（Squamata, Agamidae） from the Nu River Valley in Southern Hengduan Mountains, Yunnan, China
Dingqi RAOJens V.VINDUMXiaohui MAMingxia FUJeffery A.WILKINSON
Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of SciencesDepartment of Herpetology, California Academy of Sciences
摘要：A population of Japalura from Yunnan Province, China, previously assigned to Japalura splendida, is described as a new species. The new species has been recorded between 1 138–2 500 m in the Nu River drainage between the towns of Liuku and Binzhongluo, and on the lower western slopes of the Nushan and eastern slopes of the Goaligongshan. The new species can be distinguished from other species of Japalura, except J. dymondi, by the following combination of characters: exposed tympani, prominent dorso-lateral stripes, and small gular scales. It is very similar with but differs from J. dymondi by having smooth or feebly keeled dorsal head scales, three relatively enlarged spines on either side of the post-occiput area, strongly keeled and mucronate scales on occiput area and within the lateral stripes, back of arm and leg green, higher number of dorsal-ridge scales（DS） and fourth toe subdigital scales（T4S）. A principal component analysis of body measurements of adult male specimens of the new species and J. dymondi showed principal component 1 loading highest for upper arm length, fourth toe length and snout to eye length and principal component 2 loading highest for head width, head length and fourth toe length.
基金资助：
provided by funds from the National Science Foundation of China （NSFC） to D. Q. RAO （NSFC-39570090）； the National Science Foundation grant DEB-0103795 to the late Joseph B. SLOWINSKI and Peter FRITSCH； the National Geographic Society Grant for Research and Exploration （7340-02）； from the contributors to the California Academy of Sciences’ China Natural History Project；
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10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.160053
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