NATURAL HISTORY · CATALOGUE RECORD
Spiny-headed fan-throated lizard
Sitana spinaecephalus Deepak, Vyas & Giri, 2016
Source-backed taxonomic record
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Gujarat, India
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Open encyclopedia reference
Sitana spinaecephalus, the spiny-headed fan-throated lizard, is a species of agamid lizard. It is endemic to India. It is found in scrublands and forests occurring in the west-central states of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh.
Wikipedia contributors, Sitana spinaecephalus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T12:23:29.293869+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Sitana spinaecephalus Deepak, Vyas & Giri, 2016
- Name authority
- Deepak, Vyas & Giri, 2016
- Common name
- Spiny-headed fan-throated lizard
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Reptilia
- Order
- Squamata
- Family
- Agamidae
- Genus
- Sitana
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- megaclassTetrapoda
- classReptilia Laurenti, 1768
- orderSquamata Oppel, 1811
- suborderIguania
- familyAgamidae
- subfamilyDraconinae
- genusSitana
- speciesSitana spinaecephalus Deepak, Vyas & Giri, 2016
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Sitana. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Devaka’s Fan-throated LizardSitana devakai Amarasinghe, Ineich & Karunarathna, 2015 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Dark SitanaSitana fusca Schleich & Kästle, 1998 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bahir’s Fan- throated Lizard [bahiri]Sitana ponticeriana Cuvier, 1829 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Broad-headed fan-throated lizardSitana laticeps Deepak & Giri, 2016 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Attenborough’s fan-throated lizardSitana marudhamneydhal Deepak, Khandekar, Varma & Chaitanya, 2016 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Palm leaf fan-throated lizardSitana visiri Deepak, 2016 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Nagarjuna Sagar fan-throated lizardSitana thondalu Deepak, Khandekar, Chaitanya & Karanth, 2018 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Gokak fan-throated lizardSitana gokakensis Deepak, Khandekar, Chaitanya & Karanth, 2018 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Suklaphantah sitanaSitana schleichi Anders & Kästle, 2002 | AgamidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Documented distribution
Source distribution statements, not a complete range map. A listed locality is not necessarily a place of origin.
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://reptile-database.reptarium.cz/species?genus=Sitana&species=spinaecephalus Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:895M6. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.