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Sitana devakai (Devaka's fan-throated lizard)

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
View Wikipedia Record: Sitana devakai

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Sitana devakai

Attributes

Habitat Substrate [1]  Terrestrial
Reproductive Mode [1]  Oviparous

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Meiri, Shai (2019), Data from: Traits of lizards of the world: variation around a successful evolutionary design, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.f6t39kj
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0