Sitana ponticeriana

Sitana ponticeriana
Sitana ponticeriana — distribution map

Taxonavigation

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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

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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

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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.

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.”

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Vernacular names

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English: Pondichéry Fan Throated Lizard
français: Sitane de Pondichéry