Two new species of Japalura(Squamata:Agamidae)from the Hengduan Mountain Range,China

作     者：Kai WANG Ke JIANG Da-Hu ZOU Fang YAN Cameron D.SILER Jing CHE Kunming Institute of Zoology,Chinese Academy of Sciences Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and Department of Biology,University of Oklahoma Tibet University 

作者机构：Kunming Institute of Zoology Chinese Academy of Sciences Kunming Yunnan 650223 China Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and Department of Biology University of Oklahoma Norman OK 73072-7029 U.S.A. kai.wang-2@ou.edu. Kunming Institute of Zoology Chinese Academy of Sciences Kunming Yunnan 650223 China. Kunming Institute of Zoology Chinese Academy of Sciences Kunming Yunnan 650223 China Tibet University Lhasa Tibet 850000 China. Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and Department of Biology University of Oklahoma Norman OK 73072-7029 U.S.A. Kunming Institute of Zoology Chinese Academy of Sciences Kunming Yunnan 650223 China. chej@***. 

出 版 物：《Zoological Research》 (动物学研究（英文）)

年 卷 期：2016年第37卷第1期

页      面：41-56页

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学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 07[理学] 071002[理学-动物学] 

基　　金：supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of China(2014FY210200,2011FY120200) the Animal Branch of the Germplasm Bank of Wild Species of Chinese Academy of Sciences(the Large Research Infrastructure Funding) 

主　　题：Coloration Conservation Hengduan Mountains Hydropower development Japalura flaviceps 

摘      要：Until recently, the agamid species, Japalura flaviceps was recognized to have the widest geographic dis- tribution among members of the genus occurring in China, from eastern Tibet to Shaanxi Province. However, recent studies restricted the distribution of J. flaviceps to the Dadu River valley only in north- western Sichuan Province, suggesting that records of J. flaviceps outside the Dadu River valley likely represent undescribed diversity. During two herpeto- faunal surveys in 2013 and 2015, eight and 12 specimens of lizards of the genus Japalura were collected from the upper Nujiang （=Salween） Valley in eastern Tibet, China, and upper Lancang （=Mekong） Valley in northwestern Yunnan, China, respectively. These specimens display a unique suite of diagnostic morphological characters. Our robust comparisons of phenotype reveal that these populations can be distinguished readily from J. flaviceps and all other recognized congeners. Herein, we describe the two Japalura lineages as new spe- cies, Japalura laeviventris sp. nov. and Japalura iadina sp. nov.. In addition, we provide updated con- servation assessments for the new species as well as imperiled congeners according to the IUCN crite- ria for classification, discuss the importance of color patterns in the diagnosis and description of species in the genus Japalura, and discuss directions for future taxonomic studies of the group.