Sitana sushili

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 sushili

Name

Sitana sushili Deepak, Tillack, Kar, Sarkar & Mohapatra, 2021: 263

• Holotype: BNHS 2511, adult ♂, collected by V. Deepak, S.K. Behera & N.B. Kar on 14 June 2014.
• Type locality: “Chiplima, Sambalpur district, Odisha, India (21.3501°N, 83. 9137°E), 174 m elevation”.
• Paratypes (n=2): ZSI-CZRC V-7176, adult ♀, collected by V. Deepak, S.K. Behera and N.B. Kar; ZSI-CZRC V-7177, adult ♂, collected by P. Mohapatra on 15 April 2015 both collected from “Brooks hill, Sambalpur (21.483°N, 83.766°N), 183 m elevation”.

References

Primary references

• Deepak, V., Tillack, F., Kar, N.B., Sarkar, S. & Mohapatra, P.R. 2021. A new species of Sitana (Squamata: Agamidae) from the Deccan Peninsula Biogeographic Zone of India. Zootaxa 4948(2): 261–274. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4948.2.6 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Sushil’s Fan-throated Lizard