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Diploderma panchi

Diploderma panchi, the Panchi mountain dragon, is a species of lizard endemic to China. The Diploderma panchi is closely related to the Diploderma xinlongense. However, the Diploderma panchi is slightly larger, has more suborbital scale rows, and does not have cyan gular spots.

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Diploderma panchi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Diploderma
Species:
D. panchi
Binomial name
Diploderma panchi
Wang, Jiang, Zheng, Xie, Che, & Siler, 20201

Diploderma panchi, the Panchi mountain dragon, is a species of lizard endemic to China.1 The Diploderma panchi is closely related to the Diploderma xinlongense. However, the Diploderma panchi is slightly larger, has more suborbital scale rows, and does not have cyan gular spots.

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References

  1. "Diploderma panchi ". The Reptile Database. www.reptile-database.org

Cai, B., Zhang, M., Li, J., Du, S., Xie, F., Hou, M., . . . Jiang, J. (2022). Three new species of diploderma hallowell, 1861 (reptilia: Squamata: Agamidae) from the shaluli mountains in western sichuan, china. Asian Herpetological Research, 13(4), 205-223,223A. doi:https://doi.org/10.16373/j.cnki.ahr.220040

DONG, W., LI, L., XUN, H., GAO, W., WANG, K., & CHE, J. (2024). Extended Descriptions and Revised Diagnoses of Three Recently Described, Little-Known Mountain Dragons (Reptilia: Agamidae: Diploderma) from the Yalong River Valley in Southwest China. Zootaxa, 5463(4), 479-500.