A New Species of Pareas Wagler, 1830 (Squamata, Pareidae) from Northwestern Yunnan, China
Author:
Liu Shuo1ORCID, Yang Mingjing2, Rao Jingqiu3, Guo Yuhong4, Rao Dingqi5
Affiliation:
1. Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China 2. Agricultural Service Center of the People’s Government of Lurong Township, Zhenfeng 562203, China 3. Key Laboratory for Conserving Wildlife with Small Populations in Yunnan, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650233, China 4. College of Life Science, Leshan Normal University, Leshan 614000, China 5. Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, China
Abstract
A new species of Pareas Wagler, 1830 is described from Dulongjiang Township, Gongshan County, Yunnan Province, China. Phylogenetically, the new species is most closely related to Pareas kaduri Bhosale, Phansalkar, Sawant, Gowande, Patel and Mirza, 2020; however, the genetic divergence (uncorrected p-distance) of the cyt b gene between the new species and P. kaduri reached 9.4%. Morphologically, the new species can be distinguished from P. kaduri by the absence of preoculars, loreal bordering the orbit, the fusion of subocular and postocular, three rows enlarged vertebral scales, five rows keeled mid-dorsal scales at the middle of the body, having more subcaudals, and having a relatively longer tail. In addition, the new species can be distinguished from all other congeners by a combination of morphological characteristics. Our work brings the total number of recognized species of the genus Pareas to 29, of which 23 occur in China.
Funder
Science-Technology Basic Condition Platform from the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China National Natural Science Foundation Project: Systematic Taxonomy and Biogeographic Study of Pareidae National Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution and Open Project National Important Research and Development Project: Biodiversity Conservation and Restoration Technology in High Mountain and Valley Regions of Southwestern China
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