New Species of Genus Sitana (Sauria: Agamidae) from Kalesar National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary, Haryana, North Western India

During extensive surveys at various localities of Kalesar National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary (District: Yammuna Nagar, Haryana) and other districts of Haryana, India, 11 specimens of the agamid lizard of Genus Sitana were collected. The collected specimens were examined based on morphometric and pholidosis characters as well as color pattern. Out of 11 specimens examined, nine were males and two were females and had characters different from those of other described allied species of the genus Sitana. Based on type locality, the species is thus named Sitana kalesari sp. nov. The species described belongs to the Sitana sivalensis complex, the small fanned sitana, which hitherto are known only from Nepal. Sitana kalesari sp.nov. can be distinguished from known congeners by SVL 22-23 mm, TL 41-45 mm, HL/HW 1.16,SVL/HL 3.1-3.28, FOL 7 mm in male (n=9); SVL 31-32 mm, TL 62 mm, HL/HW 1.28, SVL/HL 3.4-3.5 mm, FOT 16 mm in female; pholidosis supralabials 10/9 (left/right), infralabials 9/9 (left/right), number of large scales between tympanum and orbit 6/6 (left/right), mid dorsal longitudinal rows 10 in male,9 in female with triangle lozenge pattern.