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A new species of Sitana (Squamata: Agamidae) from the Deccan Peninsula Biogeographic Zone of India

  • 1. Department of Life Sciences, The Natural History Museum, London SW7 5BD, UK.
  • 2. Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung, 10115 Berlin, Germany. Frank.Tillack@mfn.berlin
  • 3. Department of Zoology, Fakir Mohan University, Nuapadhi, Balasore, 756089, Odisha, India.
  • 4. WII-C2C, Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehradun, 248001, Uttarakhand, India.

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Deepak, V., Tillack, Frank, Kar, Niladri B., Sarkar, Vivek, Mohapatra, Sh. P. (2021): A new species of Sitana (Squamata: Agamidae) from the Deccan Peninsula Biogeographic Zone of India. Zootaxa 4948 (2): 261-274, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4948.2.6

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