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DOI	10.3897/vz.74.e109088
	Systematic revision of the Calotes jerdoni complex (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) in the Pan-Himalaya
	Wang, Kai; Deepak, V.; Das, Abhijit; Grismer, L. Lee; Liu, Shuo; Che, Jing
发表日期	2024
ISSN	1864-5755
起始页码	74
卷号	74
英文摘要	Owing to the harsh terrain, few biodiversity surveys have been carried out in the Pan -Himalaya Region. Among the understudied taxa from this region, Jerdon's forest lizard, Calotes jerdoni, is believed to have a wide distribution, from northeast India to southwestern China. However, given the heterogeneous environment across its range and the lack of studies on this species, its taxonomy remains questionable. Using integrative taxonomic methods, we combined both morphological and genetic data from the type and topotypic specimens and examined the current taxonomic hypothesis of C. jerdoni across its range. Molecular data reveal that C. jerdoni as currently recognized, contains three deeply diverged lineages: one from the type locality in Northeast India, one from Western Myanmar, and another one from Southwestern China. The uncorrected genetic distances of mitochondrial coding gene ND2 among these three clades ranged over 10%. The Chinese population is sister to C. medogensis and paraphyletic to the remaining two clades of C. jerdoni. Morphological analyses confirm the results of the molecular analyses, where the Myanmar and Chinese populations can be diagnosed statistically in both univariate and multivariate space from the true C. jerdoni, as well as by a suite of reliable categorical morphological characters, including the size and shape of gular scales and ventral scales. To resolve the current taxonomic confusion, we resurrect the junior synonym, C. yunnanensis, for the Chinese population and expand its distribution to Myanmar, redescribe the elusive C. maria and C. medogensis based on its type material, and describe the remaining western Myanmar population as a new species. We further discuss the possibility of additional cryptic species within the complex in the Pan -Himalaya Region and provide a diagnostic key to all recognized members of the C. jerdoni complex.
英文关键词	Dragon lizards; East Himalaya; questionable records; taxonomic revision; Tibet; Xizang Autonomous Region
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Zoology
WOS类目	Zoology
WOS记录号	WOS:001203166200001
来源期刊	VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/303605
作者单位	Chinese Academy of Sciences; Kunming Institute of Zoology, CAS; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Kunming Institute of Zoology, CAS; Senckenberg Gesellschaft fur Naturforschung (SGN); Natural History Museum London; Wildlife Institute of India; Universiti Malaysia Sabah; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Kunming Institute of Zoology, CAS
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wang, Kai,Deepak, V.,Das, Abhijit,et al. Systematic revision of the Calotes jerdoni complex (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) in the Pan-Himalaya[J],2024,74.
APA	Wang, Kai,Deepak, V.,Das, Abhijit,Grismer, L. Lee,Liu, Shuo,&Che, Jing.(2024).Systematic revision of the Calotes jerdoni complex (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) in the Pan-Himalaya.VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY,74.
MLA	Wang, Kai,et al."Systematic revision of the Calotes jerdoni complex (Reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) in the Pan-Himalaya".VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY 74(2024).