Species Of Gecko

Bearing the name of the state it was discovered in, Mizoram parachute gecko, or Gekko mizoramensis, is one of the 14 geckos known to take to the air.

Team member Varad Giri said just six species of these geckos were known from the Himalayas and northeast India, but in the past few months, nine new species have been described including four and 11 from these two regions respectively.

A person was arrested from West Bengal's Murshidabad district today for trying to smuggle a rare species of takshak snake (gecko) worth Rs. 9 crore, the police said.

A new species of a ground-dwelling lizard has been discovered in Goregaon's Aarey Colony and Thane's Badlapur forested belts, 130 years after the last such gecko was discovered, and has been named after a Bengaluru-based scientist Varad Giri.

A Mumbai scientist has earned a rare distinction of getting a new species of gecko - discovered last year from the Western Ghats in Maharashtra - named after him.

Bearing the name of the state it was discovered in, Mizoram parachute gecko, or Gekko mizoramensis, is one of the 14 geckos known to take to the air.

Team member Varad Giri said just six species of these geckos were known from the Himalayas and northeast India, but in the past few months, nine new species have been described including four and 11 from these two regions respectively.

A person was arrested from West Bengal's Murshidabad district today for trying to smuggle a rare species of takshak snake (gecko) worth Rs. 9 crore, the police said.

A new species of a ground-dwelling lizard has been discovered in Goregaon's Aarey Colony and Thane's Badlapur forested belts, 130 years after the last such gecko was discovered, and has been named after a Bengaluru-based scientist Varad Giri.

A Mumbai scientist has earned a rare distinction of getting a new species of gecko - discovered last year from the Western Ghats in Maharashtra - named after him.