Sitana visiri
| Sitana visiri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Sitana |
| Species: | S. visiri
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| Binomial name | |
| Sitana visiri Deepak, 2016
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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]
Etymology
[edit]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]
Description
[edit]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]
Ecology
[edit]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]
References
[edit]- ^ Narayanan, S. (2021). "Sitana visiri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T127902091A127935391. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T127902091A127935391.en. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ a b c d e Sitana visiri at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 28 April 2021.
- ^ Deepak, V.; Khandekar, Akshay; Varma, Sandeep; Chaitanya, R. (20 July 2016). "Description of a new species of Sitana Cuvier, 1829 from southern India". Zootaxa. 4139 (2): 167. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4139.2.2.
- ^ a b c Deepak, V.; Giri, Varad B.; Asif, Mohammad; Dutta, Sushil Kumar; Vyas, Raju; Zambre, Amod M.; Bhosale, Harshal; Karanth, K. Praveen (9 March 2016). "Systematics and phylogeny of Sitana (Reptilia: Agamidae) of Peninsular India, with the description of one new genus and five new species". Contributions to Zoology. 85 (1): 67–111. doi:10.1163/18759866-08501004. ISSN 1875-9866.
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