Tropidophorus sinicus and Calotes versicolor Found in Jiangkou County of Guizhou and Lianjiang County of Fujian Respectively
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    [Objectives] One specimen of Tropidophorus was collected from Yamugou Scenic Area, Jiangkou County, Guizhou Province during filed work in August 2019 and one specimen of Calotes was collected from Pandu Township, Lianjiang County, Fujian Provence in October 2019. [Methods] In order to identify these species, we conducted a morphological study on these specimens. [Results] After comparing the morphology of the head, body, tail and limbs, it was found that the morphological characteristics of this batch of specimens were in line with the identification characteristics of T. sinicus and C. versicolor (Fig. 1, 2). [Conclusion] The specimen from Guizhou is Tropidophorus sinicus, which is a new record of lizard in Guizhou, also the northernmost recorded distribution of this species; the specimen from Fujian is Calotes versicolor, a new record in Fujian and the most eastward record of this species.

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Zheng Kun HU, 黄勇, 姚忠祎, Bo CAI. 2022. Tropidophorus sinicus and Calotes versicolor Found in Jiangkou County of Guizhou and Lianjiang County of Fujian Respectively. Chinese Journal of Zoology, 57(1): 112-116.

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  • Received:April 30,2021
  • Revised:October 27,2021
  • Adopted:October 25,2021
  • Online: December 22,2021
  • Published: February 20,2022