Sitana bahiri

Bahir's Fan-throated lizard
Conservation status
	; Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
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
	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];

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

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[1] 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.

[2] 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.

[3] Anole annals

[4] Reptile Database

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