Sitana bahiri

Bahir's Fan-throated lizard
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Sitana
Species:
S. bahiri
Binomial name
Sitana bahiri
Amarasinghe, Ineich & Karunaratna, 2014
Synonyms
  • Litana ponticereana [sic] Kelaart (1854) [partim]
  • Sitana ponticereana Smith (1935) [partim]
  • Sitana ponticereana Taylor (1957) [partim]
  • Sitana ponticereana Wermuth (1967) [partim]
  • Sitana ponticereana Manamendra-Arachchi & Liyanage (1994) [partim]
  • Sitana ponticereana Erdelen (1998) [partim]
  • Sitana ponticereana Das & De Silva (2005) [partim]
  • Sitana ponticereana De Silva (2006) [partim]
  • Sitana ponticereana Somaweera & Somaweera (2009) [partim]
  • Sitana ponticereana Manthey (2010) [partim]
  • Sitana ponticereana Ponticereana Deraniyagala (1953) [partim]
  • Sitana ponticereana [sic] Bahir & Surasinghe (2005) [partim]

Sitana bahiri (Bahir's fan-throated lizard) is an endemic species of agamid lizards recently found from Sri Lanka.[2][3] The species was first found from Yala national park.[4] The species was named in honor of M.M Bahir, who is one of a leading wildlife conservationist of Sri Lanka.

Descriptions

The species was considered mainly as a subspecies or a color variation of much broader distributed Sitana ponticeriana. The lizard can be found in open scrub jungles.

Cited references

  1. ^ Samarawickrama, P.; Botejue, M.; Amarasinghe, A.; Gabadage, D.; Jayasekara, D.; Karunarathna, S.; Perera, N.; Pushpamal, V.; de Alwis Goonatilake, S.; Wikramanyake, S. (2021). "Sitana bahiri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T127902161A127902181. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T127902161A127902181.en. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  2. ^ Amarasinghe, AA; Ineich, I; Karunarathna, DM; Botejue, WM; Campbell, PD (2015). "Two new species of the genus Sitana Cuvier, 1829 (Reptilia: Agamidae) from Sri Lanka, including a taxonomic revision of the Indian Sitana species". Zootaxa. 3915: 67–98. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3915.1.3. PMID 25662111.
  3. ^ Anole annals
  4. ^ Reptile Database

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