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 Devaka's fan-throated lizard (Sitana devakai) is an endemic species of agamid lizard recently found from Sri Lanka. The species was first found from Puttalama district. The lizard is also known to found in Tamil Nadu of India, but not given valid identification. The species was named in honor of Dr. Devaka K. Weerakoon, who is a conservation biologist. He is a Professor of Zoology in University of Colombo.
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 devakai Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA