Sitana ponticeriana
Taxonavigation
editTaxonavigation: Acrodonta |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Agamidae
Subfamilia: Draconinae
Genus: Sitana
Species: Sitana ponticeriana
Name
editLectotype: 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
editLectotype: 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
editPrimary references
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- 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
editfrançais: Sitane de Pondichéry