| Sitana visiri | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Sitana |
| Species: | S. visiri |
| Binomial name | |
| Sitana visiri Deepak, 2016 | |
Sitana visiri, the palm leaf fan-throated lizard, is a species of agamid lizard. It is endemic to the Tamil Nadu region of India. [2] [3]
Sitana visiri's species epithet is derived from the regional Tamil language word for a hand-crafted fan made from palm leaf (also the source of the common name), because the dewlap of S. visiri resembles a local palm-leaf fan. [2]
Sitana visiri can be distinguished from other members of the Sitana genus in the spinaecephalus clade by a strongly serrated dewlap with a large orange spot surrounded by extensive blue color. [4] The dewlap of S. visiri extends up to 56% of its trunk, which is proportionally larger than that of Sitana ponticeriana , S. bahiri , and S. devakai . [4] S. visiri is differentiated from the species in the ponticeriana clade in having a larger snout-vent length. [4]
Sitana visiri is endemic to the Tamil Nadu region of India where it lives in coastal sand dunes, grasslands, plains, and areas dominated by Prosopis juliflora . [2] S. visiri occurs in similar regions alongside Eutropis carinata , Eutropis bibronii , and Calotes versicolor . [2] S. virisi is a oviparous or egg laying species, with breeding males been observed in fall (September and October) and hatchlings observed in January. [2]
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