Sitana spinaecephalus

Sitana spinaecephalus

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 spinaecephalus

Name

• Sitana spinaecephalus Deepak, Vyas & Giri in Deepak et al., 2016: 93

Holotype: NCBS AQ055, adult ♂, collected by Kartik Upadhay and V. Deepak on 10 May 2013.

Type locality: “Halol, georeferenced latitude N22.43163º, longitude E73.62966º, Panchmahal District, Gujarat State”, India.

References

Primary 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 spinaecephalus. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 11 February 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Spiny-headed Fan-throated Lizard