Kingdom Animalia Class Reptilia Family Agamidae Phylum Chordata Rank Species | Subphylum Vertebrata Suborder Iguania Subfamily Draconinae Genus Sitana Order Scaled reptiles | |
Similar Sitana ponticeriana, Sitana, Calotes, Agamidae | ||
The Bahir's fan-throated lizard (Sitana bahiri) is an endemic species of agamid lizard recently found from Sri Lanka. The species was first found from Yala national park. The species was named in honor of M.M Bahir, who is one of a leading wildlife conservationist of Sri Lanka.
Descriptions
The species was considered mainly as a subspecies or a color variation of much broader distributed Sitana ponticeriana. The lizard can be found in open scrub jungles.
References
Sitana bahiri Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA