Sitana ponticeriana

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Draconinae
Genus: Sitana
Species: Sitana ponticeriana

Name

Sitana ponticeriana Cuvier, 1829: 43

Lectotype: MNHN-RA-0.6901, ♂, collected by Leschenault between 1816 and 1822. [designated by Duméril & Bibron (1837: 439), by implicit; confirmed by Amarasinghe et al. (2015: 84, 88)]

Type locality: “Indes orientales”, restricted to “Pondicherry [=Puducherry]”, India, by Smith (1935: 144).

Paralectotype (1): MNHN-RA-0.6902, ♂, collected by Hope, from “Genji, Coromandel”, India. [designated by Amarasinghe et al. (2015: 84)]

Synonyms

Sitana minor Günther, 1864: 135 [synonymized by Boulenger (1885: 270)]

Lectotype: BMNH 1946.8.27.42, ♂, collected by T.C. Jerdon. [designated by Amarasinghe et al. (2015: 84, 92)]

Type locality: “Madras”, Tamil Nadu, India.

Sitana bahiri Amarasinghe, Ineich & Karunarathna in Amarasinghe et al., 2015: 70 [synonymized by Deepak et al. (2018: 353)]

Holotype: WHT 1434A, adult ♂, collected by D. Gabadage on 27 May 1995.

Type locality: “Block 1, Yala National Park, Sri Lanka (6°22′N, 81°31′E), alt. 5 m.”

References

Primary references

Cuvier, G.L. 1829. Le règne animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base a l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction a l'anatomie comparée. Avec figures dessinées d'après nature. Nouvelle édition, revue et augmentée. Tome II. Déterville: Paris. i–xv + 406 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.49223 BHL Reference page.
Günther, A.C.L.G. 1864. The Reptiles of British India. Ray Society: London. xxvii + 452 pp. BHL Reference page.
Duméril, A.M.C. & Bibron, G. 1837. Erpétologie Générale on Histoire Naturelle Complète des Reptiles. Tome Quatrième (In French). Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret: Paris. ii + 572 pp. BHL Reference page.
Boulenger, G.A. 1885. Catalogue of the lizards in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume 1. Gekkonidae, Eublapheridae, Uroplatidae, Pygopodidae, Agamidae. Second edition. Trustees of the British Museum: London. xiii + 436 pp., 32 pls. BHL Reference page.
Amarasinghe, A.A.T., Ineich, I., Karunarathna, D.M.S.S., Botejue, W.M.S. & Campbell, P.D. 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(1): 67–98. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3915.1.3 Reference page.
Deepak, V., Khandekar, A., Chaitanya, R. & Karanth, P. 2018. Descriptions of two new endemic and cryptic species of Sitana Cuvier, 1829 from peninsular India. Zootaxa 4434(2): 327–365. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4434.2.5. Reference page.

Additional references

Deepak, V., Giri, V.B., Asif, M., Dutta, S.K., Vyas, R., Zambre, A.M., Bhosale, H. & Karanth, K.P. 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. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

Links

Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Sitana ponticeriana. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 11 February 2019.
Vyas, R.V. 2010. IUCN: Sitana ponticeriana (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T176220A7199099. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T176220A7199099.en

Vernacular names

English: Pondichéry Fan Throated Lizard
français: Sitane de Pondichéry