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Sitana sivalensis SCHLEICH, KÄSTLE & SHAH, 1998

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Higher TaxaAgamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Siwalik sitana 
SynonymSitana sivalensis SCHLEICH, KÄSTLE & SHAH 1998
Sitana sivalensis — KÄSTLE et al. 2013: 433
Sitana sivalensis — DEEPAK et al. 2021 
DistributionS Nepal

Type locality: "between Shivpur (Shivapur) and Bankas near the Surai Khola in southern West Nepal (Lumbini Zone, Kapilabastu District). Geographic coordinates... N 27º43'17" / E 82º50'40" ; 316 m elevation  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: unlocated; originally Fuhlrott-Museum Wuppertal (VW/D-95/1) and VW/D-95/2-7 (five paratypes), not in ZSM (fide Glaw and Franzen, pers. comm., Feb 2019) 
DiagnosisDiagnosis: “A tiny Silana species with a snout-vent-length of Iiltle over four centimetres. The very small gular sac of males ends between the forelegs and not in midventer as in the hitherto known Sitana species.” (Schleich et al. 1998). 
CommentDistribution: see map in Deepak et al. 2021: 269 (Fig. 4). 
EtymologyNamed after Siwalik range in S Nepal where the species was found. 
References
  • Bhattarai S., Gurung A., Lamichhane BR., Regmi R., Dhungana M., Kumpakha B. and Subedi N. 2020. Amphibians and Reptiles of Chure Range, Nepal. President Chure Terai-Madhesh Conservation Development Board and National Trust for Nature Conservation, Khumaltar, Lalitpur, Nepal
  • Deepak, V., Karanth, P. 2017. Aridification driven diversification of fan-throated lizards from the Indian subcontinent. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution - get paper here
  • DEEPAK, V., TILLACK, F., KAR, N. B., SARKAR, V., & MOHAPATRA, P. P. 2021. A new species of Sitana (Squamata: Agamidae) from the Deccan Peninsula Biogeographic Zone of India. Zootaxa 4948 (2): 261-274 - get paper here
  • Kästle, W. 1998. Studies on the ecology and behaviour of Sitana sivalensis spec. nov. In: Contributions to the herpetology of south-Asia (Nepal, India). pp: 121-206. H. H. Schleich & W. Kästle (Eds). Fuhlrott-Museum, Wuppertal. - get paper here
  • Kästle , W., Rai, K. & Schleich, H.H. 2013. FIELD GUIDE to Amphibians and Reptiles of Nepal. ARCO-Nepal e.V., 625 pp. - get paper here
  • Manthey U 2010. Agamid Lizards of Southern Asia. Draconinae 2 -Leiolepidinae. Edition Chimaira, Terralog 7b, Frankfurt, 168 pp.
  • Rawat, Y.B., S. Bhattarai, L.P. Poudyal & N. Subedi 2020. Herpetofauna of Shuklaphanta National Park, Nepal. Journal of Threatened Taxa 12(5): 15587–15611 - get paper here
  • Schleich, H. H. & W. KÄSTLE. 1998. Studies on the morphology of Sitana sivalensis spec. nov. and Sitana ponticeriana Cuvier, 1829. In: Contributions to the herpetology of south-Asia (Nepal, India). pp: 101-120. H. H. Schleich & W. Kästle (Eds). Fuhlrott-Museum, Wuppertal. - get paper here
  • Schleich, H. H., W. KÄSTLE. & K. B. SHAH 1998. Description of Sitana sivalensis spec. nov., (Sauria: Agamidae) from south Nepal. In: Contributions to the herpetology of south-Asia (Nepal, India). pp: 87-100. H. H. Schleich & W. Kästle (Eds). Fuhlrott-Museum, Wuppertal. - get paper here
 
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