Biology:Sitana devakai
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Short description: Species of lizard
| Devaka's Fan-throated lizard | |
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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. devakai
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| Binomial name | |
| Sitana devakai Amarasinghe, Ineich & Karunaratna, 2014
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Sitana devakai (Devaka's fan-throated lizard) is an endemic species of agamid lizards 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.
Cited references
- ↑ Novataxa
- ↑ 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
Wikidata ☰ Q19849851 entry
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