Sitana bahiri explained

Sitana bahiri (Bahir's fan-throated lizard) is an endemic species of agamid lizards recently found from Sri Lanka.^{[1] [2]} The species was first found from Yala national park.^[3] 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.

Other references

• Lanka newsline
• https://window2nature.wordpress.com/2015/03/

Notes and References

1. 25662111 . 3915 . Two new species of the genus Sitana Cuvier, 1829 (Reptilia: Agamidae) from Sri Lanka, including a taxonomic revision of the Indian Sitana species . 2015 . Zootaxa . 67–98 . Amarasinghe . AA . Ineich . I . Karunarathna . DM . Botejue . WM . Campbell . PD . 10.11646/zootaxa.3915.1.3.
2. http://www.anoleannals.org/2015/02/14/two-new-species-of-fan-throated-lizards-from-sri-lanka/ Anole annals
3. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Sitana&species=bahiri&search_param=((taxon%3D'agamidae')) Reptile Database