Sitana schleichi
| Sitana schleichi | |
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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. schleichi
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| Binomial name | |
| Sitana schleichi | |
Sitana schleichi, the Suklaphantah sitana, is a species of agamid lizard endemic to Nepal.[2]
Etymology[edit]
The species is named in honor of German herpetologist Hans Hermann Schleich (born 1952).[3]
References[edit]
- ^ Bhattarai, S.; Limbu, K.P.; Hasan, M.K.; Das, A. (2022) [amended version of 2021 assessment]. "Sitana schleichi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T127902046A219116580. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T127902046A219116580.en. Retrieved 10 June 2024.
- ^ a b Sitana schleichi at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Sitana schleichi, p. 235).
Other references[edit]
- Schleich, Hans Hermann; Kästle, Werner (1998). "Sitana fusca spec. nov., a further species from the Sitana sivalensis-complex". Contributions to the herpetology of south-Asia (Nepal, India). Wuppertal: Fuhlrott-Museum. pp. 207–226.
- Anders C, Kästle W (2002). In: Schleich HH, Kästle W (editors) (2002). Amphibians and Reptiles of Nepal. A.R.G. Gantner Verlag Kommanditgesellsch. 1,200 pp. ISBN 978-3904144797. (Sitana schleichi, new species).
- Kelaart, Edward Frederick (1854). "Catalogue of reptiles collected in Ceylon". Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (2) 13: 137–140.