Sitana fusca, the dark sitana, is a species of agamid lizard endemic to Nepal.[3] Only known from Bardibas (Mahottari District, at an altitude of 316 m (1,040 ft).
| Dark sitana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Agamidae |
| Genus: | Sitana |
| Species: | S. fusca
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| Binomial name | |
| Sitana fusca Schleich & Kästle, 1998[2]
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References edit
- ^ Bhattarai, S. & Limbu, K.P. (2022) [amended version of 2021 assessment]. "Sitana fusca". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T127901942A219116426. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T127901942A219116426.en. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ^ H. H. Schleich & W. Kästle, eds. (1998). "Sitana fusca spec. nov., a further species from the Sitana sivalensis- complex". Contributions to the herpetology of south-Asia (Nepal, India). Fuhlrott-Museum, Wuppertal: 207–226.
- ^ Sitana fusca at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
Other references edit
- Cuvier, G. J. L. N. F. D. 1829 Le Règne Animal Distribué d'après son Organisation, pour servir de base à l'Histoire naturelle des Animaux et d'introduction à l'Anatomie Comparée. Nouvelle Edition. Vol. 2. Les Reptiles. Déterville, Paris, i-xvi, 1-406
- Jerdon,T.C. 1870 Notes on Indian Herpetology. P. Asiatic Soc. Bengal March 1870: 66-85
- Kelaart, Edward Fred 1854 Catalogue of reptiles collected in Ceylon. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (2) 13: 137-140