Recently, scientists have discovered a new species of ground-dwelling gecko, a species of lizard, from the coastal forests of Kerala.
About Bent-toed Gecko:
The beautifully-patterned Bent-toed Gecko is a small, nocturnal species.
Its scientific name is Cyrtodactylus (Geckoella) chengodumalaens.
It is found on the ground among leaf litter and rocks in forests and partially human-altered landscapes like orchards and other areas with canopy cover.
It is endemic to low hills and coastal forests in northern Kerala and is known from scattered localities spanning a maximum of 120 km distance in Kozhikode, Malappuram, Palakkad, and Thrissur districts.
It is the second new species of gecko which has been described from Chengodumala highlighting the fact that the biodiversity of these low-elevation hillocks
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