A new species of gecko has been discovered in the Male Mahadeshwara Hills in Chamarajanagar, Karnataka.
Researchers named the new species 'Cnemaspis ganeshaiahi' or Ganeshaiah's dwarf gecko.
KN Ganeshaiah is an agricultural scientist from University of Agricultural Sciences (UAS) Bengaluru and noted Kannada writer.
Previously, a grass species (Centotheca ganeshaiahiana) at the Saddle Peak National Park, North Andaman, a small cryptic ant species (Parasyscia ganeshaiahi) and a cycas species (Cycas uma-ganeshaiahi) were named after him.