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==Species==
==Species==
There are thirteen species that are listed here alphabetically:<ref name=RDB>{{NRDB genus|genus=Sitana |date=17 September |year=2016}}</ref>
There are fourteen species that are listed here alphabetically:<ref name=RDB>{{NRDB genus|genus=Sitana |date=17 September |year=2016}}</ref>
*''[[Sitana attenboroughii]]'' <small>Sadasivan, Kalesh; Ramesh, M. B.; Palot, Muhamed Jafer; Ambekar, Mayuresh; Mirza, Zeeshan A, 2018</small>; endemic to [[Kerala]], India<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Sadasivan|first1=Kalesh|last2=Ramesh|first2=M. B.|last3=Palot|first3=Muhamed Jafer|last4=Ambekar|first4=Mayuresh|last5=Mirza|first5=Zeeshan A.|date=21 January 2018|title=A new species of fan-throated lizard of the genus Sitana Cuvier, 1829 from coastal Kerala, southern India|url=http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4374.4.5|journal=Zootaxa|language=en|volume=4374|issue=4|pages=545–564|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4374.4.5|issn=1175-5334|pmid=29689791}}</ref>
*''[[Sitana attenboroughii]]'' <small>Sadasivan, Kalesh; Ramesh, M. B.; Palot, Muhamed Jafer; Ambekar, Mayuresh; Mirza, Zeeshan A, 2018</small>; endemic to [[Kerala]], India<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Sadasivan|first1=Kalesh|last2=Ramesh|first2=M. B.|last3=Palot|first3=Muhamed Jafer|last4=Ambekar|first4=Mayuresh|last5=Mirza|first5=Zeeshan A.|date=21 January 2018|title=A new species of fan-throated lizard of the genus Sitana Cuvier, 1829 from coastal Kerala, southern India|url=http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4374.4.5|journal=Zootaxa|language=en|volume=4374|issue=4|pages=545–564|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.4374.4.5|issn=1175-5334|pmid=29689791}}</ref>
*''[[Sitana devakai]]'' <small>Amarasinghe, Ineich & Karunaratna, 2014</small>
*''[[Sitana devakai]]'' <small>Amarasinghe, Ineich & Karunaratna, 2014</small>
*''[[Sitana dharwarensis]]'' <small>Ambekar, Murthy, & Mirza 2020</small>
*''[[Sitana fusca]]'' <small>Schleich & Kästle, 1998</small><ref>{{cite book |author1=H. H. Schleich |author2=W. Kästle |chapter=''Sitana fusca'' spec. nov., a further species from the ''Sitana sivalensis''- complex |editor1=H. H. Schleich |editor2=W. Kästle |title=Contributions to the Herpetology of South Asia (Nepal, India) |pages=207–226 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iBdFAAAAYAAJ|year=1998 |publisher=Fuhlrott Museum |location=Wuppertal |isbn=978-3-87429-404-1}}</ref>
*''[[Sitana fusca]]'' <small>Schleich & Kästle, 1998</small><ref>{{cite book |author1=H. H. Schleich |author2=W. Kästle |chapter=''Sitana fusca'' spec. nov., a further species from the ''Sitana sivalensis''- complex |editor1=H. H. Schleich |editor2=W. Kästle |title=Contributions to the Herpetology of South Asia (Nepal, India) |pages=207–226 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iBdFAAAAYAAJ|year=1998 |publisher=Fuhlrott Museum |location=Wuppertal |isbn=978-3-87429-404-1}}</ref>
*''[[Sitana gokakensis]]'' <small>Deepak, Khandekar, Chaitanya, & Karanth, 2018</small>
*''[[Sitana gokakensis]]'' <small>Deepak, Khandekar, Chaitanya, & Karanth, 2018</small>

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Sitana
Sitana ponticeriana, the type species
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Subfamily: Draconinae
Genus: Sitana
G. Cuvier, 1829
Type species
Sitana ponticeriana
Cuvier, 1829

Sitana is a genus of lizards, collectively known as the fan-throated lizards, from the family Agamidae. They are found in Nepal, India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan.[1] The genus comprises thirteen species, including several recently discovered species,[2] such as two new species from Sri Lanka.[3] In 2016, a new genus named Sarada was erected, consisting of one former Sitana species and two newly described ones. Sarada is the sister genus of Sitana. Together they form a clade which sister group is Otocryptis.[1]

Description

Sitana are small to medium-sized lizards. They are ground dwellers, primarily eating insects but also mollusks and plant seeds.[1]

Males measure 37–47 mm (1.5–1.9 in) and females 36–52 mm (1.4–2.0 in) in snout–vent length. Males have prominent dewlaps which are used in communication during the breeding season. The dewlap may be small to large, depending on the species. Females lack the dewlap.[1]

Species

There are fourteen species that are listed here alphabetically:[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Deepak, V.; Giri, Varad B.; Asif, M.; Dutta, S.K.; Vyas, R.; Zambre, Amod M.; Bhosale, Harshal; Karanth, K. Praveen (2016). "Systematics and phylogeny of Sitana (Reptilia: Agamidae) of Peninsular India, with the description of one new genus and five new species". Contributions to Zoology. 85 (1): 67–111. doi:10.1163/18759866-08501004.
  2. ^ a b Sitana at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 17 September 2016.
  3. ^ Anole annals
  4. ^ Sadasivan, Kalesh; Ramesh, M. B.; Palot, Muhamed Jafer; Ambekar, Mayuresh; Mirza, Zeeshan A. (21 January 2018). "A new species of fan-throated lizard of the genus Sitana Cuvier, 1829 from coastal Kerala, southern India". Zootaxa. 4374 (4): 545–564. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4374.4.5. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 29689791.
  5. ^ H. H. Schleich; W. Kästle (1998). "Sitana fusca spec. nov., a further species from the Sitana sivalensis- complex". In H. H. Schleich; W. Kästle (eds.). Contributions to the Herpetology of South Asia (Nepal, India). Wuppertal: Fuhlrott Museum. pp. 207–226. ISBN 978-3-87429-404-1.
  6. ^ Sitana sivalensis at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
  7. ^ H. H. Schleich; W. Kästle; K. B. Shah (1998). "Description of Sitana sivalensis spec. nov., (Sauria: Agamidae) from south Nepal". In H. H. Schleich; W. Kästle (eds.). Contributions to the Herpetology of South Asia (Nepal, India). Wuppertal: Fuhlrott Museum. pp. 87–100. ISBN 978-3-87429-404-1.