Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Attenborough's fan-throated lizard (Sitana marudhamneydhal), recorded as Endangered
Attenborough's fan-throated lizard (Sitana marudhamneydhal). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Attenborough's fan-throated lizard

Sitana marudhamneydhal

Attenborough's fan-throated lizard is a lizard or snake in the family Agamidae — Sitana marudhamneydhal, recorded as Endangered and tied to India.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Sitana marudhamneydhal
Recorded from
India
Taxonomy
Squamata · Agamidae · Sitana

The lizard or snake

This named form is a lizard or snake. The public files give taxonomy, a photograph, and a threat category — not a monograph.

Range and habitat

Attenborough's fan-throated lizard is recorded from India.

GBIF currently lists 45 occurrence points. Those points follow where people logged the taxon — museum drawers and surveys included — not a closed range boundary.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

Attenborough's fan-throated lizard is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Sitana marudhamneydhal — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q56301129 and GBIF occurrence geography. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Attenborough's fan-throated lizard?
Attenborough's fan-throated lizard is a lizard or snake in the family Agamidae — Sitana marudhamneydhal.
What is the conservation status of Attenborough's fan-throated lizard?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Sitana marudhamneydhal. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Attenborough's fan-throated lizard live?
Attenborough's fan-throated lizard is a agamid lizard.
Why is Attenborough's fan-throated lizard in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Sitana marudhamneydhal?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Attenborough's fan-throated lizard a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.