Sitana kalesari BAHUGUNA, 2015
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Sitana kalesari
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| Higher Taxa | Agamidae (Draconinae), Sauria, Iguania, Squamata (lizards) |
| Subspecies | |
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| Synonym | Sitana kalesari BAHUGUNA 2015 Sitana kalesari — DEEPAK et al. 2021 |
| Distribution | India (Haryana) Type locality: Paddal line (N 30°23'12.2”; E 077°01'44.5”; elevation 387.6 m), Kalesar National Park, Wildlife Sanctuary (District: Yammuna Nagar), Haryana, India |
| Reproduction | |
| Types | Holotype: ZSI-NRC 151 (Northern Regional Centre /Zoological Survey of India), an adult male (SVL: 22 mm; Tail length 41 mm) collected by S.J.S. Hattar and Archana Bahuguna on 3rd August 2008 (specimen no I, Fig.1, Table 1). Paratypes: NRC,ZSI |
| Diagnosis | Diagnosis: Sitana kalesari sp.nov. can be distinguished from known congeners by the following combination of characters, snout vent length: 22-23 mm (22.3± 0.5), tail length 41-45 mm (41.72 ± 1.3) (N=9) in male; snout vent length 31-32 mm; tail length 62 mm in female; TL/SVL is 1.83-1.95 (1.86± 0.0) in male, 1.9-2.00 mm in female; relative head length to head width HL/HW 1.16 in male (1.16 ± 0.0) and 1.28 in female; relative snout vent length to head length SVL/HL 3.14-3.28 (3.18 ±0.0)in male, 3.4-3.5 mm in female, hind limb length 19-22 mm (19.3± 1.0)in male , 22 mm in female; forelimb length 12- 18.0 mm (12.6 ±2.0) in male, 18 mm in female; foot length 7 mm in male, 16 mm in female; hand length 4 mm in male, 7 mm in female; SVL/HL 3.14-3.28 (3.6 ± 0.1) in male, 3.4 - 3.5 in female, Heel to second largest toe 4 mm in male, 7mm in female; SVL/HW 3.6- 3.8 mm in male, 1.86 in female. Digital formula: fingers formula V< I< II = III< IV; toes formula: I > II = III< IV (Table 1). Supralabials in all specimens examined are 10/9 (left/ right) and infralabials are 9/9 (left/right). Number of scale rows between supralabial and orbit are 3 (left/right); numbers of large scales between tympanum and orbit are 6/6 (left/right); contact between nasal and supralabial noted to be full. Dorsal longitudinal rows counted at mid trunk are ten in male (N=9); nine in female (N=2) (Table 3). The ventral scales are triangular without keels. Dorsal pattern with five dark rhombi (one each at the limb insertions and three between them), which are more or less divided lengthwise by a narrow light vertebral line except the last one on tail (Fig. 5). Eyelids are light brown in both male and female. Group of scales around tympanum are also light brown. Dorsal rhombi dark brown without any margins. A light brown vertebral line divides the rhombi into two isosceles triangles. Inguinal mark is white with cream colored marks (Figs. 5,6). Gular region has brown blotch which is demarcated by light brown margins (Fig. 3). Venter is uniformly white with smooth scales. |
| Comment | This species may not have been properly published. The pdf has no Zoobank registration and there is no known hardcopy. The paper is also carried out poorly, e.g. with at least 6 tables cited in the text but only Table 2 present in the pdf. Synonymy: S. kalesari is probably a synonym of S. sivalensis (Deepak Veerappan, pers. comm. 24 June 2018). |
| Etymology | Sitana kalesari sp.nov. is named after the type locality Kalesar National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary, District Yammuna Nagar, Haryana , India. |
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