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Cyrtopodion Vindhya

April 8 , 2023 469 days 440 0
  • 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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