南亚和东南亚巨蜥居群的种间亲缘和越南一新种描述(英文).pdf

维普资讯 动 物 学 研 究 1994．15 (1)：l1— 15 CN 53—104O／Q ISSN 0254-5853 Zookg·icalResearch RELAT10NSHIPS AM 0NG SPECIES GR0UPS 0F R Ⅳ S FR0M S0UTHERN S0UTHEASTERN ASIA W ITH DESCRIPT10N 0F A NEW SPECIES FR0M VIETNAM Yang Datong Liu W anzhao (KunmingInstituteofZoology．AcademiaSinicaThePeople Republic0，China 650223) Abslract A largelizardwasboufatfrom aVietnamesein freemarketinHekou。 Yun~ n，borderingVietnam ，011N o,emberl5， 1992．n isalleq~speciesofVaranus anddes— cribed asfollows． In thispaper， we also studied the relationshipsamong nine speciesof Varanus accordingto I5charactersinsouthernand southeasternAsia，andpresentedthegeo· graphicaldistributionofninesp~ies． Keywords New species， Varanusviemamen,sb，Relationship， Distribution 1 DESCRIPTION OF Varanusvietnamensis sp．nov． Holotype：9200l，anadultfemale，noahVietnam ，November15， 1992． Diagnosis：Dorsalscalesalmostsmooth， insertinrarelykeeledscalesonbackwim ． outchevron-shaped，whichdiffersitfrom nebulosus (Boulenger， 1885， 1890； Taylor，l963)；itdifiersfrom salvatorinnothavingtransverseocellimarksonback ofbody G【uenther， 1864；Harrison eta1．， l957； PoDe， 1935)；itdi rs from V．irrawardicus(Yangeta1．，1987)，V．griseusandV．monitor(Smith，1935)．inhav． ingtransversewidened supraoculars． Description oftype：A 1argelizard，with snout-ventlength 515mm ， tai11ength 845mm ； headelongated andobliqueforward and pyram idal； length ofhead 102mm． head width 48mm ； wi dth of head little more than deep； tip of snout slightly projected，fronta11ittleprojected；distancefrom nostriltoeye(abbreviatde asNE． 26mm，)iS1．73timesasthatofnostriltotipofsnout(abbreviatde asNS，l5mm)： nostri1an oblique slit； horizonta1diameter ofeye equalto that of tympanum． Supralabials26； SCaleson backofheadirregularand smallerthannucha1csales，and not k