An international team of Researchers have published a study in Zootaxa, announcing the discovery of six new species of bent-toed geckos from north-eastern India.
About:
Bent-toed geckos are a diverse genus of a type of small lizard.
Genus:
Number of gecko species under it: This genus has more than 250 described species at present. making it the largest of all gecko genera.
Common name: They are called bent-toed or bow-fingered geckos, named after their bent toes.
The six newly discovered species are –
Guwahati bent-toed gecko,
Kaziranga bent-toed gecko,
Jaintia bent-toed gecko
Nagaland bent-toed gecko,
Abhayapuri bent-toed gecko (found near Abhayapuri town in Assam’s Bongaigaon district) and
Jampui bent-toed gecko (found in Tripura’s Jampui Hills).
The discovery increases the number of bent-toed geckos described from the Himalaya and north-eastern India to 15 (nine of which have been described this year alone).
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