Bent-toed Gecko

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