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Cyrtopodion Vindhya
April 8 , 2023
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- A new species of naked-toed gecko (Cyrtopodion) has been discovered in Dahod and Panchmahals districts in Gujarat.
- It has been named after Vindhya hills as ‘Cyrtopodion Vindhya’.
- It is the fifth endemic species of reptile described in the last fifteen years from the state of Gujarat.
- These gekkonid lizards distributed across the arid regions of north Africa, Arabia, and Central Asia to north western India.
- There are 23 known species of genus Cyrtopodion genus of the Gecko family.
- This is the twenty-fourth one.
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