Sitana devakai explained

Sitana devakai (Devaka's fan-throated lizard) is an endemic species of agamid lizards recently found from Sri Lanka.^{[1] [2] [3]} The species was first found from Puttalama district.^[4] 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.

Other references

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

Notes and References

1. http://novataxa.blogspot.com/2015/02/sitana-from-sri-lanka.html Novataxa
2. 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 . 1 . 10.11646/zootaxa.3915.1.3.
3. http://www.anoleannals.org/2015/02/14/two-new-species-of-fan-throated-lizards-from-sri-lanka/ Anole annals
4. http://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Sitana&species=bahiri&search_param=((taxon%3D'agamidae')) Reptile Database