The Sithans [1] ( lat. Sitana ) is a genus of lizards from the agamic family that lives in Southeast Asia .
| The Sithans |
Agama sitana |
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| No rank : | Bilateral symmetrical |
| Infraclass : | Lepidosauromorphs |
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| International scientific name |
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Sitana Cuvier , 1829 |
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The total size of representatives of the genus ranges from 12 to 20 cm. The skin color is brown, olive-brown in different shades with dark spots, light stripes stretch on the sides. The belly is dull white, yellowish. The throat bag is whitish, blue, reddish. It has the ability to stretch and swing it far, like a fan. The tail is longer than the body, flattening towards the end. Its sizes in different species fluctuate. Tail scales of the same size with dorsal scales, located regular transverse rings or oblique lines. The limbs are thin with 4 tenacious fingers.
They live in rocky and rocky terrain with sparse vegetation. Run well and climb through bushes and trees. They feed on insects .
These are egg-laying lizards. Females lay up to 5 eggs.
The range covers Nepal , India , Sri Lanka , sometimes found in Pakistan .
As of July 2018, 13 species are included in the genus [2] :
- Sitana attenboroughii Sadasivan et al. 2018
- Sitana bahiri Amarasinghe, Ineich & Karunaratna, 2014
- Sitana devakai Amarasinghe, Ineich & Karunaratna, 2014
- Sitana fusca Schleich & Kästle, 1998
- Sitana gokakensis Deepak et al. 2018
- Sitana laticeps Deepak and Giri, 2016
- Sitana marudhamneydhal Deepak et al. , 2016
- Sitana ponticeriana Cuvier, 1829 - Agama Sitana [1]
- Sitana schleichi Anders & Kästle, 2002
- Sitana sivalensis Schleich, Kästle & Shah, 1998
- Sitana spinaecephalus Deepak, Vyas and Giri, 2016
- Sitana thondalu Deepak et al. 2018
- Sitana visiri Deepak, 2016
- ↑ 1 2 Ananyeva N. B. , Borkin L. Ya. , Darevsky I.S. , Orlov N.L. The Pyatiling Dictionary of Animal Names. Amphibians and reptiles. Latin, Russian, English, German, French. / edited by Acad. V. E. Sokolova . - M .: Rus. Yaz., 1988 .-- S. 166. - 10,500 copies. - ISBN 5-200-00232-X .
- ↑ The Reptile Database: Sitana
- Deepak, V .; Giri, Varad B .; Asif, M .; Dutta, SK; Vyas, R .; Zambre, Amod M .; Bhosale, Harshal; Karanth, K. Praveen. Systematics and phylogeny of Sitana (Reptilia: Agamidae) of Peninsular India, with the description of one new genus and five new species (Eng.) // Contributions to Zoology: journal. - 2016. - Vol. 85 , no. 1 . - P. 67-111 .
- Sadasivan, Kalesh; Ramesh, MB; Palot, Muhamed Jafer; Ambekar, Mayuresh; Mirza, Zeeshan A. A new species of fan-throated lizard of the genus Sitana Cuvier, 1829 from coastal Kerala, southern India (Eng.) // Zootaxa: journal. - 2018 .-- 21 January ( vol. 4374 , no. 4 ). - P. 545-564 . - ISSN 1175-5334 . - DOI : 10.11646 / zootaxa.4374.4.5 .
