Sitana bahiri

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Reptilia

Order:Squamata

Suborder:Iguania

Bahir's Fan-throated lizard
Conservation status
Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Reptilia
Order:	Squamata
Suborder:	Iguania
Family:	Agamidae
Genus:	Sitana
Species:	S. bahiri
Binomial name
Sitana bahiri Amarasinghe, Ineich & Karunaratna, 2014
Synonyms
Litana ponticereana [sic] Kelaart (1854) [partim] Sitana ponticereana Smith (1935) [partim] Sitana ponticereana Taylor (1957) [partim] Sitana ponticereana Wermuth (1967) [partim] Sitana ponticereana Manamendra-Arachchi & Liyanage (1994) [partim] Sitana ponticereana Erdelen (1998) [partim] Sitana ponticereana Das & De Silva (2005) [partim] Sitana ponticereana De Silva (2006) [partim] Sitana ponticereana Somaweera & Somaweera (2009) [partim] Sitana ponticereana Manthey (2010) [partim] Sitana ponticereana Ponticereana Deraniyagala (1953) [partim] Sitana ponticereana [sic] Bahir & Surasinghe (2005) [partim]

Sitana bahiri (Bahir's fan-throated lizard) is an endemic species of agamid lizards recently found from Sri Lanka.^[2][3] The species was first found from Yala national park.^[4] The species was named in honor of M.M Bahir, who is one of a leading wildlife conservationist of Sri Lanka.