Sitana fusca

Species of lizard

Dark sitana
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Iguania
Family: Agamidae
Genus: Sitana
Species:
S. fusca
Binomial name
Sitana fusca
Schleich & Kästle, 1998[2]

Sitana fusca, the dark sitana, is a species of agamid lizard endemic to Nepal.[3] Only known from Bardibas (Mahottari District, at an altitude of 316 m (1,040 ft).

References

  1. ^ Bhattarai, S. & Limbu, K.P. (2022) [amended version of 2021 assessment]. "Sitana fusca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T127901942A219116426. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T127901942A219116426.en. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  2. ^ H. H. Schleich & W. Kästle, eds. (1998). "Sitana fusca spec. nov., a further species from the Sitana sivalensis- complex". Contributions to the herpetology of south-Asia (Nepal, India). Fuhlrott-Museum, Wuppertal: 207–226.
  3. ^ Sitana fusca at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database

Other references

  • Cuvier, G. J. L. N. F. D. 1829 Le Règne Animal Distribué d'après son Organisation, pour servir de base à l'Histoire naturelle des Animaux et d'introduction à l'Anatomie Comparée. Nouvelle Edition. Vol. 2. Les Reptiles. Déterville, Paris, i-xvi, 1-406
  • Jerdon,T.C. 1870 Notes on Indian Herpetology. P. Asiatic Soc. Bengal March 1870: 66-85
  • Kelaart, Edward Fred 1854 Catalogue of reptiles collected in Ceylon. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (2) 13: 137-140

External links

  • Sitana fusca at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
Taxon identifiers
Sitana fusca