Sitana marudhamneydhal
Taxonavigation
[edit]Taxonavigation: Acrodonta |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Draconinae
Genus: Sitana
Species: Sitana marudhamneydhal
Name
[edit]Sitana marudhamneydhal Deepak, Khandekar, Varma & Chaitanya, 2016: 171
- Holotype: NCBS AQ460, adult ♂, collected by V. Deepak and R. Chaitanya on 12 November 2014.
- Type locality: “Kallidaikurichi, Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu, India (8º39’54” N; 77º27’15” E), 68 m elevation”.
- Paratypes (2): CES 141124, adult ♂, from Kallidaikurichi, Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu, India (8°39’54” N; 77°27’15” E), 68 m elevation, collected by V. Deepak and R. Chaitanya on 12 November 2014; BNHS 2313, adult ♀, from Kanyakumari, Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India (8°4’45” N 77°31’55” E), 68 m elevation, collected by V. Deepak on 10 January 2014.
Synonyms
[edit]- Sitana attenboroughii Sadasivan, Ramesh, Palot, Ambekar & Mirza, 2018: 547 [synonymised by Balan, Jude, Narayanan, Varma & Deepak (2021)]
- Holotype: BNHS 2481, adult ♂, collected by Muhamed Jafer Palot on 15 June 2016.
- Type locality: “Trivandrum, Kerala, India (8.313387°, 77.070933°, elevation 9 m)”.
- Paratypes (2): BNHS 2482, adult ♂; and BNHS 2483, adult ♀, collected by Muhamed Jafer Palot, Kalesh Sadasivan and M.B. Ramesh on 15 June 2016, from the same locality as holotype.
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Deepak, V., Khandekar, A., Varma, S. & Chaitanya, R. 2016. Description of a new species of Sitana Cuvier, 1829 from southern India. Zootaxa 4139(2): 167–182. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4139.2.2. Reference page.
- Sadasivan, K., Ramesh, M.B., Palot, M.J., Ambekar, M. & Mirza, Z.A. 2018. A new species of fan-throated lizard of the genus Sitana Cuvier, 1829 from coastal Kerala, southern India. Zootaxa 4374(4): 545–564. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4374.4.5 Reference page.
- Balan, A., Jude, D., Narayanan, S., Varma, S. & Deepak, V. 2021. Morphological and genetic variation in populations of Sitana marudhamneydhal and the validity of Sitana attenboroughii. Zootaxa 4964(3): 523–540. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4964.3.5 Reference page.
Links
[edit]- Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Sitana marudhamneydhal. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 28 May 2021.