A new species of the genus Pareas (Squamata, Pareidae) from Yunnan, China

Authors: Liu, Shuo Country: People's Republic of China DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1011.59029 Published: Jan. 1, 2021 Source: ZooKeys OpenAlex: View in OpenAlex

Collection: Pensoft Publishers

Keywords: Molecular · Topics: Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Fungal Biology and Applications, Slime Mold and Myxomycetes Research

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A new species of Pareas is described from Yunnan Province, China, based on morphological comparisons and molecular data. Genetically, the new species is most closely related to the recently-described Pareas 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 from P. geminatus and all other congeners. Our work brings the total number of species within the genus Pareas to 22.

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