Scientific name
Sitana ponticeriana Cuvier, 1829
Alternate names
New Guinea bockadam, South Asian bockadam, Bockadam snake
Order
Squamata
Family
Agamidae
IUCN Read List Category
Least Concern
Distinguishing Morphological Features
Tail round, slender, once and a half to twice as long as the head and body, covered with equal keeled scales. Olive-brown above, with a series of rhomboidal spots along the middle of the back; a more or less distinct light band along each side of the back. Typically the gular appendage is
tricoloured— black, blue, and red.
Biology
Oviparous. The diet of Sitana ponticeriana was mostly insects, and the most common types were Formacidae, Lepidopteran larvae, and Termittidae, with
all of these found in 80% or more of the stomachs of Sitana ponticeriana.
Locality
Not available
Distribution
Nepal, India (Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Kerala etc.)
