Liu Shuo, Li Zhimin, Duan Wenguang, Hou Mian, Rao Dingqi
Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China.
Yunnan Nangunhe National Nature Reserve Management and Protection Bureau, Cangyuan, Yunnan 677400, China.
Zookeys. 2025 Jan 6;1223:69-86. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1223.137184. eCollection 2025.
A new forest-dwelling species of the group is described from southwestern Yunnan Province, China. Phylogenetically, it was recovered as the sister species of , with a genetic distance of 9.2% in the ND2 gene. Morphologically, the new species can be separated from by the discontinuity of enlarged femoral scales and enlarged precloacal scales, the absence of femoral pores, and the difference in dorsal color pattern. In addition, although the new species and are distributed relatively close, their habitats are clearly different. inhabits karst limestone, while the new species inhabits forest. The new species is the 29 species of the group and the third forest-dwelling species of this group.
在中国云南省西南部发现了该类群的一个新的森林栖息物种。系统发育上，它被确定为[某物种]的姐妹种，在ND2基因上的遗传距离为9.2%。形态上，新物种可通过扩大的股鳞和扩大的泄殖腔前鳞不连续、无股孔以及背部颜色模式的差异与[某物种]区分开来。此外，尽管新物种和[某物种]分布相对接近，但它们的栖息地明显不同。[某物种]栖息于喀斯特石灰岩地区，而新物种栖息于森林。新物种是该类群的第29个物种，也是该类群的第三个森林栖息物种。
