Sitana bahiri
Bahir's Fan-throated lizard | |
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Conservation status | |
![]() Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Reptilia |
Order: | Squamata |
Suborder: | Iguania |
Family: | Agamidae |
Genus: | Sitana |
Species: | S. bahiri |
Binomial name | |
Sitana bahiri Amarasinghe, Ineich & Karunaratna, 2014 | |
Synonyms | |
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Sitana bahiri (Bahir's fan-throated lizard) is an endemic species of agamid lizards recently found from Sri Lanka.[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
- ^ Samarawickrama, P.; Botejue, M.; Amarasinghe, A.; Gabadage, D.; Jayasekara, D.; Karunarathna, S.; Perera, N.; Pushpamal, V.; de Alwis Goonatilake, S.; Wikramanyake, S. (2021). "Sitana bahiri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T127902161A127902181. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T127902161A127902181.en. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ 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: 67–98. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3915.1.3. PMID 25662111.
- ^ Anole annals
- ^ Reptile Database
Other references
- Lanka newsline [dead link]
- https://window2nature.wordpress.com/2015/03/
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