A new species of the genus Pareas (Squamata, Pareidae) from Yunnan, China
Abstract
A new species ofPareasis described from Yunnan Province, China, based on morphological comparisons and molecular data. Genetically, the new species is most closely related to the recently-describedPareas geminatus, for which we present new topotypic findings. The genetic divergence (uncorrected p-distance) of the cytb gene between the new species and congeners ranged from 6.14% to 24.68%. Morphologically, the new species can be distinguished fromP. geminatusand all other congeners. Our work brings the total number of species within the genusPareasto 22.
- Publication:
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ZooKeys
- Pub Date:
- January 2021
- DOI:
- 10.3897/zookeys.1011.59029
- Bibcode:
- 2021ZooK.1011..121L