Sitana
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Sitana is a genus of lizard, collectively known as the Fan-throated lizards, from the family Agamidae found in Nepal and India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. The genus comprises six species with recently discovered two species from Sri Lanka.[1] A sister genus Sarada was erected in 2016.[2]
Species
Listed alphabetically.[3]
- Sitana bahiri Amarasinghe, Ineich & Karunaratna, 2014
- Sitana devakai Amarasinghe, Ineich & Karunaratna, 2014
- Sitana fusca Schleich & Kästle, 1998
- Sitana ponticeriana Cuvier, 1829 – (Blue) Fan-throated Lizard
- Sitana schleichi Anders & Kästle, 2002
- Sitana sivalensis Schleich, Kästle & Shah, 1998
- Sitana visiri Deepak, 2016
- Sitana laticeps Deepak and Giri, 2016
- Sitana spinaecephalus Deepak, Vyas and Giri, 2016
References
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- ^ Anole annals
- ^ 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).
- ^ Sitana, The Reptile Database