Sitana: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Agamidae
- Genus
- Sitana
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Sitana
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Sitana
Sitana is a genus of lizards, collectively known as the fan-throated lizards, in the family Agamidae. They are found in Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan. The genus comprises fourteen species, including several recently discovered ones, two of which are from Sri Lanka. In 2016, a new genus named Sarada was erected, consisting of one former Sitana species and two newly described ones. Sarada is the sister genus of Sitana. Together they form a clade whose sister group is Otocryptis.
...Sitana in languages:
- English
- Fan-throated Lizards
- German
- Fächerkehlagamen
- German
- Sita-Agamen
- Japanese
- ノドトカゲ属
- Thai
- สกุล กิ้งก่าคอพัด
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Acanthosaura
- Agasthyagama
- Aphaniotis
- Bronchocela
- Calotes
- Ceratophora
- Complicitus
- Cophotis
- Coryphophylax
- Cristidorsa
- Dendragama
- Diploderma
- Draco
- Gonocephalus
- Harpesaurus
- Hypsicalotes
- Japalura
- Lophocalotes
- Lyriocephalus
- Malayodracon
- Mantheyus
- Microauris
- Monilesaurus
- Otocryptis
- Pelturagonia
- Phoxophrys
- Psammophilus
- Pseudocalotes
- Pseudocophotis
- Ptyctolaemus
- Salea
- Sarada
- Sitana