Dopasia formosensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Diploglossa

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Cladus: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Sauropsida Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Cladus: Diapsida Cladus: Neoreptilia Cladus: Parapleurota Cladus: Neodiapsida Cladus: Sauria Cladus: Lepidosauromorpha Subclassis: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Anguimorpha Infraordo: Neoanguimorpha Superfamilia: Diploglossa

Familia: Anguidae
Subfamilia: Anguinae
Genus: Dopasia
Species: Dopasia formosensis

Name

Dopasia formosensis (Kishida, 1930)

• Neotype: NMNS 14488, adult ♂, collected by Wen-Hsian Chang and Si-Min Lin in May 2003. [designated by Lin et al. (2026: 87)]
• Type locality: “Mingchi, Yilan County, Taiwan (24.6505°N, 121.4675°E) at an elevation of 1,133 m a.s.l.”, by neotype selection.

Combinations

• Ophisaurus formosensis Kishida, 1930 [original combination]
• Dopasia formosensis — Lin et al., 2026: 71 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Kishida, K. 1930. Notes on a Formosan lizard of the family Anguidae. Lansania 2: 124–128.
• Lin, S-M., Shen, C-C., Lin, T-E., Liang, Y-J. & Chang, W-H. 2026. Redescription and neotype designation of Dopasia formosensis (Kishida, 1930) (Squamata, Anguidae) from Taiwan. ZooKeys 1270: 69–98. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1270.173752 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Wang, K., Mu, H.-N., Deepak, V., Das, A., Qi, S., Lee, J., Shi, S.-C., Guo, H.-J., Zhao, W.-L., Wang, J., Zhang, T.-R., Jiang, Z.-H., Huang, R.-Y., Zhao, C.-L., Zhu, F., Grosjean, S., Vidal, N., Wei, J.-H., Wu, Y.-Y., Zhu, B.-Q., Xu, S.-J., Wang, Z.-W., Jin, J.-Q., Zhu, N., Wang, Y.-Y., Guo, P., Huang, S. & Che, J. 2026. Taxonomic revision of the genus Dopasia (Reptilia: Squamata: Anguidae) with descriptions of four new species from China. Systematics and Biodiversity 24(2): 2689423. DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2026.2689423 Reference page.