Sitana marudhamneydhal

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Acrodonta
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Iguania Infraordo: Acrodonta

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.

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.

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.