Sitana bahiri

Bahir's Fan-throated lizard
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Subfamily: Draconinae
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]

The Bahir's fan-throated lizard (Sitana bahiri) is an endemic species of agamid lizard recently found from Sri Lanka.[1][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. ↑ Novataxa
  2. ↑ NCBI
  3. ↑ Anole annals
  4. ↑ Reptile Database

Other references

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