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Cyrtodactylus jeyporensis, also known as the Jeypore Indian gecko, the Jeypore ground gecko, or the Patinghe Indian gecko, [1] is an endangered species of gecko found in India, which was until recently considered extinct. Described from a single specimen in 1877, it was rediscovered in 2010 in the Eastern Ghats of Odisha state, India. [4]
Cyrtodactylus (Greek κυρτος kurtos "curved", from κυπτω kuptō "to stoop"; δακτυλος daktulos "finger, toe") [citation needed] is a diverse genus of Asian geckos, commonly known as bent-toed geckos, bow-fingered geckos, and forest geckos. The genus has 361 described species as of 2024, [1] which makes it the largest of all ...
Rojas-Runjaic told McClatchy News that the new species is the “first contribution” to an ongoing project about Pseudogonatodes geckos. Spiky 5-armed sea creature found hidden in rocky crevice ...
The new species were identified by a combination of their physical features, habitats and DNA analysis. Because geckos are typically small and live in very limited areas, scientists believe there ...
There are about 99 reptile species found in the region. These include Indian monitor lizard, and endemic species such as Yercaud slender gecko, burrowing limbless skink, spotted Eastern Ghats skink, and Madras spotted skink. The Indian golden gecko, and Jeypore ground gecko were rediscovered in 1986 and 2010 respectively.
These critically endangered geckos only live in three small, coastal forests on the southeastern portion of Madagascar. [18] Phelsuma barbouri; Phelsuma is a highly terrestrial species of gecko that lives above the tree line in the Ankaratra and Andingitra mountains. This habitat’s temperature can range from below freezing to 30 degrees ...
Mediterranean house gecko. More than 1,850 species of geckos occur worldwide, [57] including these familiar species: Coleonyx variegatus, the western banded gecko, is native to the southwestern United States and northwest Mexico. Cyrtopodion brachykolon, the bent-toed gecko, is found in northwestern Pakistan; it was first described in 2007.
Goniurosaurus toyamai, also called commonly the Iheja ground gecko, the Iheyajima leopard gecko, and Toyama's ground gecko, is a species of lizard in the family Eublepharidae. The species is endemic to the island of Iheyajima in the Ryukyu Islands (Japan).