Neotype designation and redescription of <i>Tropidophorus guangxiensis</i> Wen, 1992 (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae), with description of a new subspecies from central South China

Ke-Ji Guo; Fu Shu; Nan-Fei Wu; Shun-De Chen; Mian Hou; Sheng-Chao Shi; Xue-Jian Deng

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Ke-Ji Guo, Fu Shu, Nan-Fei Wu, Shun-De Chen, Mian Hou, Sheng-Chao Shi, Xue-Jian Deng. Neotype designation and redescription of Tropidophorus guangxiensis Wen, 1992 (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae), with description of a new subspecies from central South China. Zoological Research, 2021, 42(5): 606-613. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.363

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Ke-Ji Guo, Fu Shu, Nan-Fei Wu, Shun-De Chen, Mian Hou, Sheng-Chao Shi, Xue-Jian Deng. Neotype designation and redescription of Tropidophorus guangxiensis Wen, 1992 (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae), with description of a new subspecies from central South China. Zoological Research, 2021, 42(5): 606-613. doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.363

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Neotype designation and redescription of Tropidophorus guangxiensis Wen, 1992 (Squamata: Sauria: Scincidae), with description of a new subspecies from central South China

doi: 10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2020.363

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Central South Inventory and Planning Institute of National Forestry and Grassland Administration, Changsha, Hunan 410014, China
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College of Forest, Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, Hunan 410004, China
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College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan 410081, China
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College of Life Sciences, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610101, China
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College of Continuing (Online) Education, Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu, Sichuan 610101, China
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Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041, China

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Corresponding author: E-mail: guokeji@126.com; dxj8871922@163.com
Received Date: 2021-04-29
Accepted Date: 2021-08-06

Published Online: 2021-08-10

Publish Date: 2021-09-18

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The genus Tropidophorus consists of small semi-aquatic lizards that dwell in lowland forest steams (Barbour, 1921; Bauer & Jackman, 2008). Here, we designate the neotype and re-describe T. guangxiensis Wen, 1992 based on newly collected topotypic specimens. We also describe a new subspecies from Xuefeng Mountain, Hongjiang County, Hunan Province, central South China. Based on two mitochondrial genes (12S rRNA and 16S rRNA), the phylogenetic position of T. guangxiensis is allocated for the first time. Additionally, our data strongly support that the new subspecies is phylogenetically closely related to T. g. guangxiensis. We also present a morphological identification key for known species and subspecies of Tropidophorus in China.

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