''Sitana marudhamneydhal'' is a species of
agamid lizard. It is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
.
In 2021, the species ''Sitana attenboroughii'' was synonymised with ''S. marudhamneydhal''.
[Balan, A., Jude, D., Narayanan, S.,Varma, S. & Deepak, V. 2021. Morphological and genetic variation in populations of ''Sitana marudhamneydhal'' and the validity of ''Sitana attenboroughii''. Zootaxa 4964(3): 523–540. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4964.3.5]
References
Reptiles described in 2016
Reptiles of India
Sitana
Taxa named by Veerappan Deepak
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