Sitana devakai

Devaka'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. 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 Ponticereana Deraniyagala (1953) [partim]
  • Sitana ponticereana [sic] Bahir & Surasinghe (2005) [partim]

The Devaka's fan-throated lizard (Sitana devakai) is an endemic species of agamid lizard recently found from Sri Lanka.[1][2][3] The species was first found from Puttalama district.[4] 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.

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.

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