贵州江口和福建连江分别发现中国棱蜥和变色树蜥

Tropidophorus sinicus and Calotes versicolor Found in Jiangkou County of Guizhou and Lianjiang County of Fujian Respectively

2019年8月和2019年10月,分别在贵州省江口县和福建省连江县分别采集到蜥蜴标本各1号,经形态鉴定,为中国棱蜥(Tropidophorus sinicus)和变色树蜥(Calotes versicolor)。中国棱蜥为贵州省爬行动物分布新记录种,是目前该种分布最北记录。变色树蜥为福建省爬行动物分布新记录种,是目前该种分布最东记录。

[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.