Sitana thondalu

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 thondalu

Name

• Sitana thondalu Deepak, Khandekar, Chaitanya & Karanth, 2018: 343

Holotype: BNHS 2492, adult ♂, collected by V. Deepak, Praveen Karanth, Aniruddha Datta-Roy, Rama Harvey and Aparna Lajmi on 08 August 2015.

Type locality: “East Bank of Nagarjuna Sagar reservoir, Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh, India (16.55557°N, 79.30134°E), 200 m asl”.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Links

• Uetz, P. & Hallermann, J. 2024. Sitana thondalu. The Reptile Database. Accessed on 12 February 2019.

Vernacular names

English: Nagarjuna Sagar Fan-throated Lizard