Sitana devakai

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Devaka's Fan-throated lizard
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Sitana
Species:
S. devakai
Binomial name
Sitana devakai
Amarasinghe, Ineich & Karunaratna, 2014
Synonyms
  • Litana ponticereana 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 PonticereanaDeraniyagala (1953) [partim]
  • Sitana ponticereana [sic] Bahir & Surasinghe (2005) [partim]

Sitana devakai (Devaka's fan-throated lizard) is an endemic species of agamid lizards recently found from Sri Lanka. [2] [3] [4] The species was first found from Puttalama district. [5] The lizard is also known to found in Tamil Nadu of India, but not given valid identification. The species was named in honor of Dr. Devaka K. Weerakoon, who is a conservation biologist. He is a Professor of Zoology in University of Colombo.

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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. ↑ Sivaruban, A.; Samarawickrama, P.; Botejue, M.; Amarasinghe, A.; Gabadage, D.; Jayasekara, D.; Karunarathna, S.; Perera, N.; Pushpamal, V.; de Alwis Goonatilake, S.; Wikramanyake, S. (2021). "Sitana devakai". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T127902191A127902196. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T127902191A127902196.en . Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  2. ↑ Novataxa
  3. ↑ 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 (1): 67–98. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3915.1.3. PMID   25662111.
  4. ↑ Anole annals
  5. ↑ Reptile Database

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